Chiral pyrrolidine derivatives are
important building blocks for
natural product synthesis. Carbonyl olefin metathesis has recently
emerged as a powerful tool for the construction of such building blocks
from chiral amino acid derivatives. Here, we demonstrate that the
supramolecular resorcinarene catalyst enables access to chiral 2,5-dihydropyrroles
under Brønsted acid catalysis. Moreover, this catalytic system
even tolerated Lewis-basic-protecting groups like mesylates that are
not compatible with alternative catalysts. As expected for conversion
inside a closed cavity, the product yield and selectivity depended
on the size of the substrates.
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