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Synfacts 2010(8): 0908-0908  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1257818
Metal-Catalyzed Asymmetric Synthesis and Stereoselective Reactions
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Friedel-Crafts Alkylation of Indoles with Diphenylamine Bis(imidazoline) Ligands

Contributor(s): Hisashi Yamamoto, Kimberly Griffin
H. Liu, D.-M. Du*
Beijing Institute of Technology and Peking University, Beijing, P. R. of China
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Publication Date:
22 July 2010 (online)

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Significance

This group previously reported Friedel-Crafts alkylations with nitroalkenes catalyzed by bis(oxazoline) ligands; here, diphenyl­amine bis(imidazoline) ligands gave comparable, if not improved, selectivity for the same reaction. The ligands were synthesized effectively through Kelly-You’s imidazoline formation.