a Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, TX 78363, United States b Bristol Myers Squibb Co., One Squibb Drive, PO Box 191, New Brunswick, NJ 08903-0191, United States
Abstract:
A unique solvent effect encountered in the Barton-Zard pyrrole synthesis was exploited to develop an efficient synthesis of pyrrole-2-esters. The chemistry was extended to a one-pot synthesis of pyrrole-2,4-dicarboxylates.