Changduo Pan, Zhenkun Yang, Du Gao and Jin-Tao Yu
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2018,16, 6035-6038
DOI:
10.1039/C8OB01329B,
Paper
A direct oxobutylation of N-allyl anilines with acetone was developed under metal-free and acid-free conditions. This reaction tolerates a series of functional groups to provide 3-(3-oxobutyl) functionalized indolines in moderate to good yields.