Combining photochemistry and catalysis: rapid access to sp³ - rich polyheterocycles from simple pyrroles.

ABSTRACT: Use of FEP flow reactor technology allows access to gram quantities of photochemically-generated tricyclic aziridines. These undergo a range of novel palladium-catalyzed ring-opening and cycloaddition reactions, likely driven by their inherent strain, allowing incorporation of further functionality by fusing additional heterocyclic rings onto these already complex polycyclic cores. This rapid, 2-step access to complex sp³ - rich heterocycles should be of interest to those in the fields of drug discovery and natural product synthesis.

SUBMITTER: Blackham EE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5977501 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature