Enantioselective Palladium(II)‐Catalyzed Intramolecular Aminoarylation of Alkenes by Dual N−H and Aryl C−H Bond Cleavage

An asymmetric palladium‐catalyzed intramolecular oxidative aminoarylation of alkenes has been developed with quinoline–oxazoline chiral ligands and Ag₂CO₃ as the oxidant. Various indolines containing a quaternary stereogenic center were synthesized in high yield with excellent enantioselectivity. Preliminary mechanistic studies suggest that the addition of a catalytic amount of phenylglyoxylic acid significantly accelerates the reaction and slightly enhances the enantioselectivity.