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  • Title: Enantioselective Friedel-Crafts alkylation of indoles with alkylidene malonates catalyzed by N,N'-dioxide-scandium(III) complexes: asymmetric synthesis of beta-carbolines.
    Author: Liu Y, Shang D, Zhou X, Liu X, Feng X.
    Journal: Chemistry; 2009; 15(9):2055-8. PubMed ID: 19177478.
    Abstract:
    An efficient catalytic asymmetric Friedel-Crafts alkylation of indoles with alkylidene malonates has been developed by using a chiral N,N'-dioxide-Sc(OTf)(3) complex as the catalyst (see scheme). Some optically active intermediates containing the indole skeleton have been synthesized, such as indolepropionic acid, tryptamines, and beta-carbolines. The coordination between the scandium atom and the chiral N,N'-dioxide compound has been revealed by X-ray structure analysis.
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