a Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 183, I-41100 Modena, Italy b Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK
Abstract:
The benzoylamino group was identified as a useful radical cyclization auxiliary that can be smoothly removed on hydro-de-halogenation of chlorinated N-substituted-pyrrolidin-2-ones with Raney-Ni. This methodology was successfully implemented in a new and appealing route to the anti-epileptic drug gabapentin.