Yue-Shan Hou

A PTC-catalyzed diastereoselective Mannich reaction to access indanone-based α-amino acid derivatives.

We herein disclose a phase-transfer-catalyzed diastereoselective Mannich reaction between β,γ-alkynyl-α-ketimines and in situ generated 1-hydroxy isobenzofulvene anions from 2-alkylidene-1-indanones, enabling the formation of indanone-based α-amino acid derivatives with good results (up to 93% yield with >20 : 1 dr in...