Cong-Xiang Li, Rui-Juan Liu, Kun Yin, Li-Rong Wen and Ming Li
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2017,15, 5820-5823
DOI:
10.1039/C7OB00655A,
Paper
A DABCO-promoted three-component reaction of β-ketothioamides (KTAs), arylglyoxals and 2-cyanoacetates to construct disulfides tethered pyrroles by using air as an oxidant has been disclosed. Importantly, this protocol involves a tandem sequence that includes Knoevenagel condensation, Michael addition, N-cyclization, O-cyclization, ring-opening and oxidative coupling.