Unique Ionic Iodine Atom Transfer Cyclization:  A New Route to Iodomethylated Pyrrolidine Derivatives from γ-Iodoolefin and Chloramine-T

Satoshi Minakata, Daisuke Kano, Yoji Oderaotoshi, Mitsuo Komatsu

Organic Letters · 2002 · 35 citations · 14 references

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Abstract

[reaction: see text] Pyrrolidines and bicyclic pyrrolidine derivatives can effectively be synthesized from gamma-iodoolefins using commercially available chloramine-T (CT) as a nitrogen source. The cyclization proceeds with high stereoselectivity via a cyclic iodonium intermediate.

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