Oxidative Asymmetric Aza‐Friedel–Crafts Alkylation of Indoles with 3‐Indolinone‐2‐carboxylates Catalyzed by a BINOL Phosphoric Acid and Promoted by DDQ

An asymmetric aza‐Friedel–Crafts alkylation reaction between indoles and indolenines that were derived in situ from 3‐indolinone‐2‐carboxylates has been developed by using 3,3′‐bis(triphenylsilyl)‐1,1′‐binaphthyl‐2,2′‐diyl hydrogen phosphate as a catalyst. The reaction proceeded under mild conditions and provided chiral indol‐3‐yl‐3‐indolinone‐2‐carboxylate derivatives in good yields with excellent ee values (up to 98.6 %). Similarly, the Mannich‐type addition of indoline‐3‐ones to indolenines provided heterodimers with vicinal chiral quaternary centers. This method was successfully applied to the construction of the core structure of trigonoliimine C.