Carbene-catalyzed chemoselective reaction of unsymmetric enedials for access to Furo[2,3-b]pyrroles

Carbene-catalyzed chemoselective reaction of unsymmetric enedials for access to Furo[2,3-b]pyrroles

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Abstract A carbene-catalyzed chemoselective reaction of unsymmetric enedials is disclosed.The reaction provides a concise access to bicyclic furo[2,3-b]pyrroles derivatives in excellent selectivity.A main challenge in this reaction is chemoselective Power Module reaction of the two aldehyde moieties in the enedial substrates.Mechanistic studies via experiments suggest that our chemoselectivity controls are Kits mostly achieved on the reducing properties of different sited Breslow intermediates.Several side reactions processes and the corresponding side adducts are also studied by high resolution mass spectroscopy analysis.

Our method allows for efficient assembly of the furo[2,3-b]pyrrole structural moieties and their analogues widely found in natural products and pharmaceuticals.