A diversity-oriented strategy for the construction of tetrasubstituted pyrroles via coupled domino processes

J Am Chem Soc. 2004 Jul 14;126(27):8390-1. doi: 10.1021/ja047396p.

Abstract

A new microwave-assisted rearrangement of 1,3-oxazolidines scaffolds is the basis for a new, metal-free, direct, and modular construction of tetrasubstituted pyrroles from terminal-conjugated alkynes, aldehydes, and primary amines. This new reaction manifold entails two linked domino processes in a one-pot manner with both atom- and bond-efficiency and under very simple and environment-friendly experimental conditions.