An efficient route to 2,3-disubstituted indoles was developed via reductive alkylation of 2-substitutedindoles using hydrogen as a clean and atom economic reductant under ambient pressure.
application of binaphthyl-stabilized palladium nanoparticles (Bin-PdNPs) with chiral modifiers in asymmetric hydrogenation of N-heteroaromatics is revealed. With an appropriate ratio of R-BINAP/Bin-PdNPs used, the pre-prepared chiral nanocatalyst achieves asymmetric hydrogenations of 2-substituted quinolines with good to excellent yields and moderate enantioselectivities, which showed superior catalytic properties