Synthesis of novel 5-alkyl/aryl/heteroaryl substituted diethyl 3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrrole-4,4-dicarboxylates by aziridine ring expansion of 2-[(aziridin-1-yl)-1-alkyl/aryl/heteroaryl-methylene]malonic acid diethyl esters

• Satish S. More,
• T. Krishna Mohan,
• Y. Sateesh Kumar,
• U. K. Syam Kumar and
• Navin B. Patel

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 831–838, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.95

• /bjoc.7.95 Abstract A novel synthetic methodology has been developed for the synthesis of diethyl 5-alkyl/aryl/heteroaryl substituted 3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrrole-4,4-dicarboxylates (also called 2-substituted pyrroline-4,5-dihydro-3,3-dicarboxylic acid diethyl esters) by iodide ion induced ring expansion of 2

• substituted novel pyrroline derivatives have been synthesized by this methodology and the products can be used as key intermediates in the synthesis of substituted pyrrolines, pyrroles and pyrrolidines. Keywords: 5-alkyl/aryl/heteroaryl substituted 3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrrole-4,4-dicarboxylates; aziridine; N

• ring expansion reaction of N-vinyl substituted aziridines was performed under mild conditions by treatment of the aziridines with anhydrous sodium iodide in acetone at room temperature to give 5-alkyl/aryl/heteroaryl substituted 3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrrole-4,4-dicarboxylates 21 in very good to excellent