Multiple Deprotonations and Deaminations of Phenethylamines to Synthesize
Pyrroles

Wan, Xiaobing; Xing, Dong; Fang, Zhao; Li, Bijie; Zhao, Fei; Zhang, Keya; Yang, Liping; Shi, Zhangjie

doi:10.1021/ja061176p.s002

Multiple Deprotonations and Deaminations of Phenethylamines to Synthesize Pyrroles

journal contribution

posted on 2006-09-20, 00:00 authored by Xiaobing Wan, Dong Xing, Zhao Fang, Bijie Li, Fei Zhao, Keya Zhang, Liping Yang, Zhangjie Shi

A unique method was discovered to construct polysubstituted pyrroles via an unprecedented multiple deprotonations/deaminations process from commercially available phenethylamines. During this transformation, twelve bonds were broken and five new bonds were constructed.