J. Otero-Fraga, Samuel Suárez‐Pantiga, Marc Montesinos‐Magraner
Oct 9, 2017
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Angewandte Chemie
Abstract
Pyrrolidines are important heterocyclic compounds with endless applications in organic synthesis, metal catalysis, and organocatalysis. Their potential as ligands for first-row transition-metal catalysts inspired a new method to access complex poly-heterocyclic pyrrolidines in one step from available materials. This fundamental step forward is based on the discovery of an essential organoaluminum promoter that engages unactivated and electron-rich olefins in intermolecular [3+2] cycloadditions.