Synthesis of Dihydroisoquinoline and Dihydropyridine Derivatives via Asymmetric Dearomative Three-Component Reaction

We report the first asymmetric three-component nucleophilic addition/dearomative[4+2]cycloaddition/isomerization cascade of transient dipoles generated from N-heteroarenes and allenoates with methyleneindolinones in the presence of chiral N,N′-dioxide/metal complexes.This tandem reaction enabled rapid access to versatile chiral polycyclic N-heterocycles with good to excellent enantioselectivities under mild reaction conditions in spite of the strong background reaction,including 1,2-dihydroisoquinoline,1,2-dihydropyridine derivatives,and others.Meanwhile,a series of control experiments were conducted to elucidate the reaction mechanism and the roles of additives.