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Org Lett. 2015 Oct 02;17(19):4758-61. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.5b02298.

Redox-Triggered α-C-H Functionalization of Pyrrolidines: Synthesis of Unsymmetrically 2,5-Disubstituted Pyrrolidines.

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Yong-Feng Cheng, Hao-Jie Rong, Cheng-Bo Yi, Jun-Jun Yao, Jin Qu

Affiliations

  1. State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Nankai University , Tianjin 300071, China.

PMID: 26378343 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.5b02298

Abstract

By using o-benzoquinone as an internal oxidant, the regio- and diastereoselective functionalization of the secondary over the tertiary α-C-H bond of 2-substituted pyrrolidines is first realized. Subsequent intermolecular addition of a nucleophile to the generated N,O-acetal and cleavage of the aromatic substituent leads to 2,5-disubstituted pyrrolidines.

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