Chemical Communications

Direct synthesis of pyrroles via a silver-promoted three-component reaction involving unusual imidazole ring opening

J Zeng, Y Bai, S Cai, J Ma, XW Liu

Index: Zeng, Jing; Bai, Yaguang; Cai, Shuting; Ma, Jimei; Liu, Xue-Wei Chemical Communications, 2011 , vol. 47, # 48 p. 12855 - 12857

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Abstract

A novel silver-promoted three-component reaction toward the synthesis of multifunctionalized pyrroles has been developed. This reaction involves an unusual imidazole ring decomposition, presumably via 1, 5-isomerization and subsequent hydrolysis.