posted on 2002-12-24, 00:00authored byAlexei V. Novikov, Abigail R. Kennedy, Jon D. Rainier
The coupling of rhodium carbenoids from vinyl diazoacetates with 2-thio-3-alkyl indoles was found
to generate C(3) quaternary substituted indolines via a thionium ylide-initiated [3,3]-sigmatropic
rearrangement.