title: Synthesis of pyrroles from 1-dialkylamino-3-phosphoryl(or phosphanyl)allenes through 1,5-cyclization of conjugated azomethine ylide intermediates.
abstract: 1-Dialkylamino-1,3-diaryl-3-diphenylphosphanylallenes 3a-e are thermally converted into a-annulated 3,5-diarylpyrroles 6a-f and [a]-annulated benzo[c]azepines 7a,b,d. These transformations are likely to include conjugated azomethine ylide intermediates that can undergo either a 1,5- or a 1,7-electrocyclization. The periselectivity is markedly shifted toward 1,5-cyclization when the diphenylphosphanyl substituent is replaced by the diphenylphosphoryl group. Thus, 1-dialkylamino-3-(diphenylphosphoryl)allenes 4a-f yield pyrroles 6 exclusively and with improved yields, unless the 3-aryl substituent in the allene is too electron-rich (e.g., benzodioxol-5-yl, 4f --> 7f). The preparation and thermal transformation of aminoallenes 4 over three or four steps can be conducted as a one-pot procedure, thus providing a convenient synthesis of [a]-annulated 3,5-diarylpyrroles from enaminoketones.
authors.affiliation: Division of Organic Chemistry I, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, D-89081 Ulm, Germany.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Reisser
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Maas