Technical Notes:
1.Friedel-Crafts Alkylation: Chiral phosphoric acid catalyzed F riedel-Crafts alkylation of indoles with 3,3,3- trifluoropyruvate gave the corresponding adducts in excellent yields with high enantioselectivities.
2.Pinacol Rearrangement: It has been found that indolyl diols can be treated with chiral phosphoric acids to effect a regio- and enantiose lective pinacol rearrangement with high efficiency.
References:
1.Asian J. Chem.. 2010, 5, 470-472.
2. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2010, 49, 9734-9736.