a Istituto di Chimica Organica, Università degli Studi di Urbino ‘Carlo Bo’, Via I Maggetti 24, 61029 Urbino, Italy b Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Ašker?eva, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Abstract:
Easily accessible cycloalkenyl-1-diazenes and β-dicarbonyl compounds are converted in one-pot into previously unknown functionalized fused cycloalkenyliden-pyrroles of different sizes. The domino reaction proceeds through a base-catalyzed conjugate addition/cyclization/elimination sequence.