Synthesis 2016; 48(03): 357-364
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1560974
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Facile Synthesis of Multifunctional Pyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinolin-3(2H)-ones via Sulfa-Michael-Triggered One-Pot Reactions

Tian-You Qin
a   State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, 208 West Campus, 2 Ling-Gong Road, Dalian 116024, P. R. of China   Email: seanzhang@jlu.edu.cn
b   Department of Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, 2699 Qianjin Street, Changchun 130012, P. R. of China   Email: wliao@jlu.edu.cn
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Lu Cheng
b   Department of Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, 2699 Qianjin Street, Changchun 130012, P. R. of China   Email: wliao@jlu.edu.cn
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Jang Ho-Chol
b   Department of Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, 2699 Qianjin Street, Changchun 130012, P. R. of China   Email: wliao@jlu.edu.cn
c   Department of Chemistry, Kim Il-Sung University, Pyongyang, D. P. R. of Korea
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Sean Xiao-An Zhang*
a   State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, 208 West Campus, 2 Ling-Gong Road, Dalian 116024, P. R. of China   Email: seanzhang@jlu.edu.cn
b   Department of Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, 2699 Qianjin Street, Changchun 130012, P. R. of China   Email: wliao@jlu.edu.cn
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Wei-Wei Liao*
b   Department of Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, 2699 Qianjin Street, Changchun 130012, P. R. of China   Email: wliao@jlu.edu.cn
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Publication History

Received: 17 September 2015

Accepted after revision: 30 October 2015

Publication Date:
25 November 2015 (online)


Abstract

An operationally simple and efficient one-pot method is developed for the synthesis of pyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinolin-3(2H)-ones bearing sulfur moieties. The reaction involves a sulfa-Michael-triggered tandem reaction followed by acid-mediated lactamization, and exhibits good functional group tolerance.

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