title: Asymmetric Syntheses of 2-Substituted and 2,5-Disubstituted Pyrrolidines from (3S,5R,7aR)-5-(Benzotriazol-1-yl)-3-phenyl[2,1-b]oxazolopyrrolidine.
abstract: Benzotriazole, 2,5-dimethoxytetrahydrofuran, and (S)-phenylglycinol in one step gave 80% of (3S, 5R,7aR)-5-(benzotriazol-1-yl)-3-phenyl-[2,1-b]oxazolopyrrolidine (6), whose crystal structure was confirmed by X-ray crystallography. Novel chiral pyrrolidine synthon 6 reacts with organosilicon (allyltrimethylsilanes and vinyloxytrimethylsilanes), organophosphorus, organozinc, and Grignard reagents to afford chiral 2-substituted and 2,5-disubstituted pyrrolidines.
authors.affiliation: Center for Heterocyclic Compounds, Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611-7200, and Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Alan R.
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Katritzky
authors.forename: Xi-Lin
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: Baozhen
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Peter J.
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Steel