A new synthesis of pyrroles

Chemical Communications Pub Date: 2002-09-03 DOI: 10.1039/B207061H

Abstract

The radical reaction between an N-ethylsulfonylenamide and an α-xanthyl ketone gives an intermediate γ-keto imine which spontaneously ring-closes to the pyrrole.

Graphical abstract: A new synthesis of pyrroles
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