a Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, UP 208 016, India b Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, ITI (Gas Rahat) Building, Govindpura, Bhopal, MP 462 023, India
Abstract:
Enantioselective organocatalytic direct aldol reaction of unactivated ketones with various isatin derivatives was developed using cinchonine based urea ligand employing a noncovalent catalysis mechanism. Using this protocol we can access functionalized 3-alkyl-3-hydroxyindolin-2-ones in high yields with good to excellent enantioselectivities.