Tetrahedron Letters

Easy one-pot access to substituted 2-phenylpyrrolines from 2-pyrrolidinone

C Coindet, A Comel, G Kirsch

Index: Coindet, Cecile; Comel, Alain; Kirsch, Gilbert Tetrahedron Letters, 2001 , vol. 42, # 35 p. 6101 - 6104

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Abstract

An easy access to 2-aryl pyrrolidines is the reduction, stereospecific or not, of the corresponding 2-aryl-pyrroline (5-aryl-3, 4-dihydro-2H-pyrrole). Preparation of the latter has been carried out from 2-pyrrolidinone using an easy one-pot two-step method for the first time.