Selectivity in the rearrangement of a di(pyrrolylmethyl)-2H-pyrrole
Abstract
A di(pyrrolylmethyl)-2H-pyrrole has been synthesised and its ready acid-catalysed rearrangement shows that one of the two possible modes of cleavage is preferred; this mode corresponds to that required for the formation of uroporphyrinogen-III from the putative spiro intermediate.