Synthesis of 2,2,5-Trisubstituted 2 H-Pyrroles and 2,3,5-Trisubstituted 1 H-Pyrroles by Ligand-Controlled Site-Selective Dearomative C2-Arylation and Direct C3-Arylation

Org Lett. 2019 Sep 6;21(17):6972-6977. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.9b02559. Epub 2019 Aug 9.

Abstract

Palladium-catalyzed site-selective dearomative C2-arylation of 2,5-diaryl-1H-pyrroles with aryl chlorides was accomplished, and a series of 2,2,5-triaryl-2H-pyrroles were synthesized. In addition, the site selectivity of the reaction was switched by simply changing the ligand, and the direct C3-arylated 2,3,5-triaryl-1H-pyrroles were prepared. The obtained 2,2,5-triaryl-2H-pyrroles could be further transformed into 2,2,5,5-tetraarylpyrrolidines.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't