Three component, highly diastereoselective metal free synthesis of 2,3,4,5 tetrasubstituted pyrrolidines

ORGN 120

Luis Crovetto, Luiscrovetto@ugr.es and Ramon Rios, riosramon@yahoo.com. Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Granada, Cartuja Campus, Granada 18071, Spain, 18071 Granada, Spain
An extremely efficient, highly diastereselective, metal-free synthesis of 2,3,4,5 tetrasubstituted pyrrolidines is described. The three component reaction between aldehyde, aminomalonate and nitroalkenes proceeds with high diastereoselectivities and high yields