Direct Asymmetric Hydrosilylation of Indoles: Combined Lewis Base and Brønsted Acid Activation

Abstract

Quite a pair: The first organocatalytic direct asymmetric reduction of unprotected 1H-indoles to chiral indolines has been developed. The reaction proceeds through the generation of electrophilic indolenium ions by a Brønsted acid, and then chiral Lewis base (1) mediated enantioselective hydride transfer with HSiCl3. A variety of chiral indolines were obtained with moderate to excellent enantioselectivity. MOM=methoxymethyl. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.