A New Amphiphilic Brønsted Acid as Catalyst for the Friedel-Crafts Reactions of Indoles in Water
作者:Yuan Cheng、Xiongyu Ou、Jimei Ma、Linhao Sun、Zhong-Hua Ma
DOI:10.1002/ejoc.201801612
日期:2019.1.10
A designed Brønsted acid enables Friedel–Crafts alkylation of indoles in water, whose hydrophobic aggregations of fluorocarbon chains, along with phenyl ring, protected acid sites from bulk water and enriched the substrates. The amphiphilic structure has been proven crucial for the high catalytic efficiency.
Michael Addition of Indoles to Enones Catalyzed by a Cationic Iron Salt
作者:Takashi Nishikata、Tsukasa Inishi、Goki Hirata
DOI:10.1055/s-0040-1705997
日期:2021.3
Indoles are one of the most valuable nucleophiles in Michaeladditionscatalyzed by a proper Lewis acid. In this paper, we found that a cationic iron salt is effective to carry out the Michaeladdition of indoles. β-Mono- and disubstituted enones reacted smoothly with indoles under our conditions. The cationic iron catalyst is very active, and the maximum TON was up to 425. Moreover, cationic iron-catalyzed