Yanhong Jiang, Jing Sun, Qiu Sun
May 11, 2017
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Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry
Abstract
Under visible-light catalysis, a domino oxidative 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction of alkyl 2-(3,4-dihydroisoquinolin-2-yl)acetate with 2-arylideneindane-1,3-diones has been developed that affords functionalized spiro[indene-2,1′-pyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinoline]s in satisfactory yields and high diastereoselectivities. Depending on the electronic properties of the aryl group, similar reactions with tert-butyl 2-(3,4-dihydroisoquinolin-2-yl)acetate and 2-(3,4-dihydroisoquinolin-2(1H)-yl)acetonitrile selectively gave spiro[indene-2,1′-pyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinoline]s and 3-arylspiro[indene-2,2′-oxirane]-1,3-diones, respectively.