An efficient and facile access to highly functionalized pyrrole derivatives

• Meng Gao,
• Wenting Zhao,
• Hongyi Zhao,
• Ziyun Lin,
• Dongfeng Zhang and
• Haihong Huang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 884–890, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.75

• Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, 1 Xian Nong Tan Street, Beijing 100050, China 10.3762/bjoc.14.75 Abstract A straightforward and one-pot synthesis of pyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole-1,3-diones via Ag(I)-catalyzed 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of azomethine ylides with N-alkyl maleimide, followed by readily

• substrates. It is conceivable that this efficient construction method for privileged pyrrole scaffolds could deliver more active compounds for medicinal chemistry research. Keywords: azomethine ylides; 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition; one-pot synthesis; polysubstituted pyrroles; pyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole-1,3-diones

• ; Introduction Pyrroles are an important class of five-membered nitrogen containing heterocycles which are widely used in numerous medically relevant fields. Pyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole-1,3-diones and highly substituted pyrroles with amide groups are important frameworks of pyrrole compounds that play important roles