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Efficient Construction of Drug-like Bispirocyclic Scaffolds Via Organocatalytic Cycloadditions of α-Imino γ-Lactones and Alkylidene Pyrazolones
Published on: February 7, 2019
An efficient synthetic approach to polycyclic 2,5-dihydropyrroles from alpha-silyloxy ketones
Cristian Draghici1, Qiufeng Huang, Matthias Brewer
1Department of Chemistry, The University of Vermont, 82 University Place, Burlington, Vermont 05405, USA.
Abstract:
A three-step sequence to prepare polycyclic 2,5-dihydropyrroles from alpha-silyloxy ketones is presented. A Lewis acid-mediated ring fragmentation of cyclic gamma-silyloxy-beta-hydroxy-alpha-diazo esters provided tethered aldehyde ynoate intermediates which, when treated with amino acid silyl esters, underwent intramolecular azomethine ylide 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions. The 2,5-dihydropyrrole products were formed in good to excellent yield as single diastereomers.
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