Chiral Indoline-2-carboxylic Acid Enables Highly Enantioselective Catellani-type Annulation with 4-(bromomethyl)cyclohexanone

Chiral indoline-2-carboxylic acid has been identified to enable the first highly enantioselective Catellani-type annulation of (hetero)aryl, alkenyl triflate and conjugated vinyl iodides with 4-(bromomethyl)cyclohexanone, directly assembling a diverse range of chiral all-carbon bridged ring systems. Control experiments and DFT calculations suggest that the coordinating orientation of the chiral amino acid to the arylpalladium(II) center allows for high levels of stereochemical control.