Palladium catalyzed cascade umpolung allylation/acetalation for the construction of quaternary 3-amino oxindoles

Chem Commun (Camb). 2021 Aug 10;57(64):7958-7961. doi: 10.1039/d1cc03075b.

Abstract

Herein we reported a highly diastereoselective synthesis of quaternary 3-amino oxindoles bearing an acetal unit via a palladium catalyzed three-component cascade umpolung allylation/acetalation process. An array of 3-amino 3-allyl oxindoles incorporating diversified functional groups were prepared in good yields with exclusive diastereoselectivities. Further investigation demonstrated that the current method could also be extended to cascade umpolung allenylation/acetalation.