Indium Metal: A Reagent for C?C-Bond Formation by organometallic reactions in aqueous medium

A Rapid and Stereoselective Route to the trans-Hydrindane Ring System

A short and stereoselective route to the trans-hydrindane derivative, a potential building block for the synthesis of steroidal and related molecules, was achieved by the operation of indium, tin, and ruthenium based reagents, starting from a tetrabromo norbornyl derivative.

A novel palladium-catalyzed coupling of epoxides with allyl bromide mediated by indium(I) chloride: a cascade epoxide rearrangement-carbonyl allylation

A cascade epoxide rearrangement-aldehyde allylation was developed by using a combination of InCl and reusable heterogeneous mesoporous silica supported palladium catalysts.

Indium-mediated reductive elimination of halohydrins

Olefin formation has been successfully carried out by reductive elimination reactions of halohydrins with Pd(PPh(3))(4)/In/InCl(3) in aqueous media.

Regio- and diastereoselective reduction of nonenolizable alpha-diketones to acyloins mediated by indium metal

[reaction: see text] Alpha-diketones are efficiently reduced with indium metal in methanol-water in the presence of NH(4)Cl, LiCl, or NaCl to give regio- and diastereoselectively the corresponding acyloins in good to excellent yield. The cleavage of the acyloins under Pb(OAc)(4)/MeOH-PhH condition provides a convenient and regioselective access to highly functionalized cyclopentane carboxaldehydes, potential building blocks in organic syntheses.

In/InCl(3)-Mediated cross-coupling reactions of methyl vinyl ketone with benzaldehyde in aqueous media

Various beta,gamma-unsaturated ketones were successfully prepared by cross-coupling reactions of methyl vinyl ketone (MVK) with benzaldehydes mediated by In/InCl(3) in aqueous media.