Co-reporter:Hideki Abe, Naohiro Miyagawa, Sho Hasegawa, Toyoharu Kobayashi, Sakae Aoyagi, Chihiro Kibayashi, Tadashi Katoh, Hisanaka Ito
Tetrahedron Letters 2015 Volume 56(Issue 7) pp:921-924
Publication Date(Web):11 February 2015
DOI:10.1016/j.tetlet.2014.12.130
Synthesis of 2-spiroindolines from 2-substituted indole derivatives via acid-induced N-acyliminium ion-conjugated diene spirocyclization was demonstrated. This methodology can be used to direct transformations of 2-substituted indole moieties into 3-nonsubstituted-2-spiroindoline skeletons.