CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · SynOpen 2022; 06(03): 198-207
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1751360
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Organo-photocatalytic Synthesis of Functionalized Pyrroles from 2H-Azirines and α-Substituted Nitroalkenes

Lalita Devi
a   Medicinal & Process Chemistry Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Sector 10, Jankipuram extension, Sitapur Road, Lucknow 226031, India
b   Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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Poornima Mishra
a   Medicinal & Process Chemistry Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Sector 10, Jankipuram extension, Sitapur Road, Lucknow 226031, India
b   Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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Ayushi Pokhriyal
a   Medicinal & Process Chemistry Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Sector 10, Jankipuram extension, Sitapur Road, Lucknow 226031, India
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a   Medicinal & Process Chemistry Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Sector 10, Jankipuram extension, Sitapur Road, Lucknow 226031, India
b   Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
› Author Affiliations
The authors thank the Department of Science & Technology – Science & Engineering Research Board (DST-SERB; project ref. No.: CRG/2020/000752) for financial support. L.D. thanks CSIR, New Delhi, and P.M. thanks UGC, New Delhi, for a Ph.D. Fellowship. A.P. thanks DST-SERB, New Delhi, for a Project Fellowship.


Abstract

An efficient organo-photocatalytic method for the synthesis of tetrasubstituted pyrroles bearing a ketone, ester, alcohol, or nitro group at the 3-position has been developed. The reaction involves visible-light-mediated formal [3+2] dipolar cycloaddition between 2H-azirines and α-substituted nitroalkenes followed by a denitration or debromination sequence. The notable features of the protocol are excellent regioselectivity, wide substrate scope, and high yields of the products.

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Publication History

Received: 15 July 2022

Accepted after revision: 05 August 2022

Article published online:
23 August 2022

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