title: A highly enantioselective Hg(ii)-catalyzed Sakurai-Hosomi reaction of isatins with allyltrimethylsilanes.
abstract: A chiral complex derived from (S)-difluorophos and Hg(OTf)2 is identified as a powerful catalyst for the Sakurai-Hosomi reaction of isatins with allyltrimethylsilane, allowing the facile synthesis of valuable building blocks 3-allyl-3-hydroxyoxindoles in up to 97% ee, with only 0.5-1.0 mol% of catalyst loading.
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Process, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, P. R. China. jzhou@chem.ecnu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Zhong-Yan
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Jia-Sheng
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhou