Abstract
An enantioselective thiocyanation of oxindoles has been developed for the first time using a bifunctional cinchona-derived organo-catalyst and N-thiocyanatophthalimide as the electrophilic thiocyanation source in the presence of 2-naphthol as the additive. Various enantioenriched 3,3′-disubstituted oxindoles with SCN-containing quaternary carbon stereocenters were synthesized under mild conditions in high yields (up to 99%) and good enantioselectivities (up to 6:94 er).
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 7917-7926 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Journal of Organic Chemistry |
| Volume | 84 |
| Issue number | 12 |
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| Publication status | Published - 21 Jun 2019 |