Muhammad Ismail, H. Nguyen, G. Ilyashenko
Nov 18, 2009
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Tetrahedron Letters
Abstract
A catalysed O/C-carboxyl rearrangement generates the all-carbon stereogenic centre in phenyl 1,3-dimethyl-5-methoxy-2-oxoindoline-3-carboxylate (up to 57% ee). Crystallisation and removal of racemic crystals enhance the ee to 95%. The X-ray crystal structure of the cobalt metallocene-pyrrolidinopyridine nucleophilic catalyst employed is reported. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.