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Abstract
The pyrrole heterocycle is a prominent chemical motif and is found widely in natural products, drugs, catalysts and advanced materials. Here we introduce a sustainable iridium-catalysed pyrrole synthesis in which secondary alcohols and amino alcohols are deoxygenated and linked selectively via the formation of C–N and C–C bonds. Two equivalents of hydrogen gas are eliminated in the course of the reaction, and alcohols based entirely on renewable resources can be used as starting materials. The catalytic synthesis protocol tolerates a large variety of functional groups, which includes olefins, chlorides, bromides, organometallic moieties, amines and hydroxyl groups. We have developed a catalyst that operates efficiently under mild conditions. Pyrroles are a highly important class of compounds with a wide variety of applications in biochemistry, pharmacy and materials science. Here, an iridium-catalysed synthesis of pyrroles is described, starting from renewable resources, alcohols that may be derived from lignocellulosic feedstocks and amino alcohols. The reaction proceeds by a condensation reaction that liberates two equivalents of hydrogen gas.Cite this article
Michlik, S., Kempe, R. A sustainable catalytic pyrrole synthesis. Nature Chem 5, 140–144 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.1547 