Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.133, No.4, 740-743, 2011
An Atom-Economic Synthesis of Nitrogen Heterocycles from Alkynes
A robust route to 2,4-disubstituted pyrrole heterocycles relying upon a cascade reaction is reported. The reaction benefits from operational simplicity: it is air and moisture tolerant and is performed at ambient temperature. Control over the reaction conditions provides ready access to isopyrroles, 2,3,4-trisubstituted pyrroles, and 3-substituted pyrollidin-2-ones.