1. School of Pharmacy, Easy China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China 2. Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, University of New Mexico, MSC03 2060, NM, 87131, USA
Abstract:
An unprecedented acetic acid-catalyzed efficient access to N-alkylpyrroles from reaction of 4-hydroxy-l-proline with a variety of aldehydes has been achieved in good to excellent yields under mild reaction conditions.