title: Direct Synthesis of Pyrroles by Dehydrogenative Coupling of Diols and Amines Catalyzed by Cobalt Pincer Complexes.
abstract: Herein, the first example of base-metal-catalyzed dehydrogenative coupling of diols and amines to selectively form functionalized 1,2,5-substituted pyrroles liberating water and hydrogen gas as the sole by-products is presented. The reaction is catalyzed by pincer complexes of earth-abundant cobalt.
authors.affiliation: Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, 76100, Israel.
authors.forename: Prosenjit
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Daw
authors.affiliation: Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, 76100, Israel.
authors.forename: Subrata
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chakraborty
authors.affiliation: Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, 76100, Israel.
authors.forename: Jai Anand
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Garg
authors.affiliation: Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, 76100, Israel.
authors.forename: Yehoshoa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ben-David
authors.affiliation: Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, 76100, Israel. david.milstein@weizmann.ac.il.
authors.forename: David
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-2320-0262
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Milstein
keywords: cobalt; dehydrogenative coupling; pincer complexes; pyrroles