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  2. Potassium Acetate-Catalyzed Double Decarboxylative Transannulation To Access Highly Functionalized Pyrroles

Potassium Acetate-Catalyzed Double Decarboxylative Transannulation To Access Highly Functionalized Pyrroles

  • Org Lett. 2020 Dec 18;22(24):9585-9590. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c03621.
Jun-Kuan Li 1 2 Biying Zhou 3 Yu-Chen Tian 1 2 Chunman Jia 4 Xiao-Song Xue 3 Fa-Guang Zhang 1 2 Jun-An Ma 1 2 3
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Department of Chemistry, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Frontiers Science Center for Synthetic Biology (Ministry of Education), and Tianjin Collaborative Innovation Centre of Chemical Science & Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, People's Republic of China.
  • 2 Joint School of National University of Singapore and Tianjin University, International Campus of Tianjin University, Binhai New City, Fuzhou 350207, People's Republic of China.
  • 3 State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, People's Republic of China.
  • 4 Hainan Provincial Key Lab of Fine Chemistry, Hainan University, Haikou, Hainan 570228, People's Republic of China.
Abstract

The development of new synthetic strategies for the efficient construction of versatile pyrrole pharmacores, especially in an operationally simple and environmentally benign fashion, still remains a momentous yet challenging goal. Here, we report a KOAc-catalyzed double decarboxylative transannulation between readily accessible oxazolones and isoxazolidinediones. This transformation represents a new way for skeletal remodeling by utilizing CO2 moiety as traceless activating and directing groups in both reaction partners. The synthetic value is evidenced by the rapid preparation of a broad spectrum of highly functionalized 3-carbamoyl-4-aryl pyrroles in good to excellent yields with exclusive regio-control, including the important Atorvastatin core.

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