posted on 2013-05-17, 00:00authored bySteven M. Wales, Morgan M. Walker, Jeffrey S. Johnson
An enantioconvergent Friedel–Crafts alkylation of indoles with donor–acceptor cyclopropanes is described. The reaction is catalyzed by pybox•MgI2 and proceeds via a type I dynamic kinetic asymmetric transformation (DyKAT).