Kolbe Anodic Decarboxylation as a Green Way To Access 2-Pyrrolidinones
Mathilde Quertenmont, Iain Goodall, Kevin Lam*, István Markó and Olivier Riant*
*University of Greenwich, Chatham Maritime ME4 4TB,
UK; Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL), 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium,
Email: k.lamgreenwich.ac.uk, olivier.riant
uclouvain.be
M. Quertenmont, I. Goodall, K. Lam, I. Markó, O. Riant, Q. Wan, Org. Lett., 2020, 22, 1771-1775.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c00056
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Abstract
Electrosynthesis enables an effective and environmentally friendly pyrrolidinone synthesis via Kolbe decarboxylation, followed by an intramolecular radical cyclization and a radical-radical cross-coupling.
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Key Words
γ-lactams, Kolbe Electrolysis, electrochemistry
ID: J54-Y2020