The rare example of pyrrolidine C–N bond cleavage in 1-sulfonylpyrrolidines in acidic media in the presence of phenols is reported. The reaction proceeds under mild conditions and provides a convenient route to otherwise hardly accessible and previously unknown dibenzoxanthenes, diarylbutanes, and resorcinarenes having a sulfonylamide moiety.
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