A new synthesis of pyrroles.
The radical reaction between an N-ethylsulfonylenamide and an alpha-xanthyl ketone gives an intermediate gamma-keto imine which spontaneously ring-closes to the pyrrole.
Quiclet-Sire
Béatrice
B
Laboratoire de Synthèse Organique associé au CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, F-91128 Palaiseau, France.
Wendeborn
Frédérique
F
Zard
Samir Z
SZ