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A facile synthesis of diformylated pyrroles by dehydroxylation of N-aryl-5-hydroxy-γ-lactam derivatives under Vilsmeier reaction conditions

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A simple and efficient methodology for the conversion of substituted trans-1,4-diaryl-5-hydroxypyrrolidin-2-ones to diformylated N-arylpyrroles by treatment with Vilsmeier–Haack reagent has been developed.

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Published in Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, 2015, 51(10), 869–871

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Barman, G. A facile synthesis of diformylated pyrroles by dehydroxylation of N-aryl-5-hydroxy-γ-lactam derivatives under Vilsmeier reaction conditions. Chem Heterocycl Comp 51, 869–871 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10593-015-1789-z

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