Preparation of highly substituted pyrrolidines via an organometallic dipole.
Highly substituted pyrrolidines are prepared by formal cycloaddition of imines to a metal-stabilised 'Nicholas' dipole derived from an alkyne-cyclopropane dicobalt complex.
Christie
Steven D R
SD
Chemistry Department, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leics LE11 3TU, UK. S.D.Christie@lboro.ac.uk
Davoile
Ryan J
RJ
Jones
Raymond C F
RC
D000480:Alkynes / Q000737:chemistry; D003035:Cobalt / Q000737:chemistry*; D003500:Cyclization; D007097:Imines / Q000737:chemistry; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D011407:Propane / Q000737:chemistry; D011759:Pyrrolidines / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*
D000480:Alkynes; D007097:Imines; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D011759:Pyrrolidines; D003035:Cobalt; C032519:pyrrolidine; D011407:Propane