Department of Energy and Hydrocarbon Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo‐ku, Kyoto 615‐8510 (Japan)
Abstract:
This paper describes the development of a palladium‐catalyzed decarboxylative inter‐ and intramolecular condensation reaction of isoxazol‐5(4 H)‐ones with carbonyl compounds in the presence of PPh3, giving various 2‐azabuta‐1,3‐dienes or pyrroles in moderate to high yields.