Catalytic Enantioconvergent Decarboxylative Allylic Alkylation of Allyl Indolenin-3-carboxylates

A catalytic enantioconvergent process has been developed for the conversion of racemic allyl indolenin-3-carboxylates into enantiomerically enriched C3-quaternary indolenines. A Pd-catalyzed decarboxylative allylic alkylation reaction was employed for both stereoablation of the racemic allyl indolenin-3-carboxylates and enantioselective formation of the quaternary carbon center.