Transition Metal-Catalyzed Synthesis of Pyrroles from Dienyl Azides

Huijun Dong, Mei‐Hua Shen, Joanne E. Redford, Benjamin J. Stokes, Ashley L. Pumphrey, Tom G. Driver

Organic Letters · 2007 · 143 citations · 33 references

Abstract

A range of 2,5-disubstituted and 2,4,5-trisubstituted pyrroles can be synthesized from dienyl azides at room temperature using catalytic amounts of ZnI2 or Rh2(O2CC3F7)4.

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