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Chiral cyclopentane-fused indolines are synthesized with high regio- and enantiocontrol by formal 3 + 2-annulation reactions of indoles and electrophilic enol carbenes. High enantioselectivity and exclusive regiocontrol occurred with enoldiazoacetamides using a less sterically encumbered prolinate-ligated dirhodium(II) catalyst in reactions with N-substituted indoles without substituents at the 2- or 3-positions via a selective vinylogous addition process. In this transformation, donor-acceptor cyclopropenes generated from enoldiazoacetamides serve as the carbene precursors to form metal carbene intermediates.
Jing et al. (Fri,) studied this question.