Diastereoselective functionalisation of benzo-annulated bicyclic sultams: Application for the synthesis of cis-2,4-diarylpyrrolidines

• Susan Kelleher,
• Pierre-Yves Quesne and
• Paul Evans

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, No. 69, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.69

• place to afford cis-2,4-diaryl-substituted pyrrolidines 35–37. Keywords: cyclic sulfonamides; diastereoselective alkene functionalisation; double reduction; Pd-mediated cross coupling; Introduction Substituted pyrrolidine ring systems represent a common structural motif in a range of biologically

• active compounds, including pharmaceutical agents and natural products. In relation to these general targets, we have recently developed a method that enables the construction of aryl-substituted pyrrolidines, featuring the double reduction of cyclic aromatic sulfonamides [1][2][3][4]. As illustrated in

• structure was implicated in the lack of epoxide reactivity, double reduction of 7a was then considered. It was hoped that following N–S bond cleavage, the now electron rich amino species would form an imine 9 that would then undergo further reduction to afford 11. However, in the event the only isolable