Pd‐Catalyzed Asymmetric Allylic Substitution Annulation Using Enolizable Ketimines as Nucleophiles: An Alternative Approach to Chiral Tetrahydroindoles
A synthesis of chiral tetrahydroindoles has been developed via a Pd‐catalyzed asymmetricallylicsubstitution annulation using unstable enolizable ketimines as nucleophiles and our previously developed tBu‐RuPHOX as a chiral ligand. The reaction proceeds via an asymmetric desymmetrization of the meso‐diacetatecycloalkenes, providing the desired chiral tetrahydroindoles in moderate to good yields and