A Highly Strained Planar??Chiral Platinacycle for Catalytic Activation of Internal Olefins in the Friedel–Crafts Alkylation of Indoles

H Huang, R Peters

Index: Huang, Haoxi; Peters, Rene Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 2009 , vol. 48, # 3 p. 604 - 606

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Abstract

Platinum (II)[1] and gold (I)[1a, 2] catalysis have experienced significant growth over the past five years, as these late transition metals have the ability to catalyze atom economical reactions of unactivated alkynes, olefins, or allenes, creating a significant increase in the molecular complexity of a single synthetic step by using simple starting materials. The catalysts are compatible with most functional groups because of their low oxophilicity, and ...