Synlett 2006(17): 2804-2806  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-950278
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Synthesis and Thermal Reactivity of Pyrrolidine- and 2-Pyrrolidinone-Fused Cyclic Enediynes

Basab Roy, Amit Basak*
Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 721302, India
e-Mail: absk@chem.iitkgp.ernet.in;
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Received 7 June 2006
Publikationsdatum:
09. Oktober 2006 (online)

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Abstract

Various bicyclic enediynes containing pyrrolidine and pyrrolidinone moieties were synthesised. Thermal reactivity studies indicated the lowering of the onset temperature for Bergman cyclisation upon fusion of these heterocyclic systems onto the cyclic enediyne.