Divergent Access to Functionalized Pyrrolidines and Pyrrolines via Iridium-Catalyzed Domino-Ring-Opening Cyclization of Vinyl Aziridines with β-Ketocarbonyls

  • Tao Yan Lin
  • , Hai Hong Wu
  • , Jian Jun Feng*
  • , Junliang Zhang
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A useful synthesis of five-membered N-heterocycles has been developed through an iridium-catalyzed domino-ring-opening cyclization of vinylaziridines with β-ketocarbonyls. α-Substituted 1,3-dicarbonyls reacted with vinylaziridines to give 2-methylenepyrrolidines bearing two adjacent sp3-carbon centers with moderate to excellent diastereoselectivity, while the reaction of α-unsubstituted 1,3-dicarbonyls afforded 2-pyrrolines in good yield.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6526-6529
Number of pages4
JournalOrganic Letters
Volume19
Issue number24
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Dec 2017

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