ChemInform Abstract: Synthesis of Spiro-Lactams and Polysubstituted Pyrroles via Ceric Ammonium Nitrate-Mediated Oxidative Cyclization of N-Furan-2-ylmethyl-β-enaminones.
Polysubstituted pyrroles and diastereoisomeric mixtures of spirolactams are obtained by reacting furfurylamines with ynones followed by oxidation with different amounts of CAN.