Organic letters

Titanocene (III)-catalyzed formation of indolines and azaindolines

P Wipf, JP Maciejewski

Index: Wipf, Peter; Maciejewski, John P. Organic Letters, 2008 , vol. 10, # 19 p. 4383 - 4386

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Reductive cyclization of epoxides tethered to substituted anilines and aminopyridines in the presence of 3 mol% of titanocene dichloride and stoichiometric manganese metal promotes a radical annulation to form 3, 3-disubstituted indolines and azaindolines.