O-Vinyl oximes were synthesised from the reaction of oximes with activated alkynes and subsequently rearranged using gold catalysis to afford highly substituted pyrroles in an efficient and regiocontrolled process. Additionally, pyrroles were formed directly from oximes and activated alkynes in a multifaceted catalysis process.

A nitro-substituted dipyrrolylphenol was synthesized as a precursor of a π-electronic anion, whose phenolate (phenoxide) moiety upon deprotonation was stabilized by the hydrogen-bond-donating pyrrole NH, thus forming solid-state ion pairs with various cationic species.

Tandem deoxygenation-neophyl-type radical rearrangement-electrophile trapping using xanthates from 7-azabenzonorbornadienes gives 3-exo-substituted 2-aza-5,6-benzonorbornenes, which in some cases undergo isomerisation to (aminomethyl)indenes. The starting xanthates are accessible in good yields and high enantiomeric ratios via asymmetric hydroboration of (aryne/pyrrole-derived) 7-azabenzonorbor...

Substituted pyrroles are an essential class of heterocyclic compounds. In this research, an efficient and eco-friendly method has been developed for the synthesis of pyrrole derivatives from the reaction of 2,5-hexanedione and primary amines. Magnetic nanoparticles supported on functionalized. 7-aminonaphthalene-1,3-disulfonic acid-functionalized. silica (Fe3O4@SiO2@Propyl–ANDSA) has been inves...

An unprecedented organocatalytic enantioselective formal synthesis of bromopyrrole alkaloid natural products is reported. An organocatalytic aza-Michael addition using pyrroles as the N-centered nucleophile is utilized as the enantioselective step to construct the nitrogen-substituted stereogenic carbon center in bromopyrrole alkaloids in good yield and excellent enantioselectivity. The aza-Mic...

The cationic ruthenium catalyst Ru(3)(CO)(12)/NH(4)PF(6) was found to be highly effective for the intermolecular coupling reaction of pyrroles and terminal alkynes to give gem-selective alpha-vinylpyrroles. The carbon isotope effect on the alpha-pyrrole carbon and the Hammett correlation from a series of para-substituted N-arylpyrroles (rho = -0.90) indicate a rate-limiting C-C bond formation s...

The reductive coupling of enones or enals with alkynes, followed by olefin oxidative cleavage and Paal-Knorr cyclization, provides a versatile entry to a variety of pyrrole frameworks. A number of limitations of alternate entries to the requisite 1,4-dicarbonyl intermediate are avoided. Classes of pyrroles that are accessible by this approach include 2,3-, 2,4-, 1,2,3-, 1,2,4-, 2,3,5-, and 1,2,...

A wide range of vinyl sulfone-modified carbohydrates have been prepared as starting materials for the synthesis of polysubstituted chiral pyrroles. All these vinyl sulfones reacted efficiently with ethylisocyanoacetate to generate a plethora of new pyrrole derivatives. Furanosyl rings opened up during pyrrole synthesis, and pyranosyl rings were opened up by reacting the pyrrole with POCl(3)/DMF...