Australian Journal of Chemistry

Zinc Acid Reduction of 2, 3, 4, 5-Tetraalkylpyrroles

JE Andersonmckay, JM Lawlor

Index: Anderson-McKay, Janet E.; Lawlor, John M. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 1988 , vol. 41, # 7 p. 1013 - 1024

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Abstract

Introduction The susceptibility of pyrroles to reduction by metals in an acidic medium has long been known. The reaction has been reported to yield l-pyrrolines,1*2 2-pyrroline~,~-' 3-pyrrolines,1~2~"13 pyrrolidines,1*6*7 and (poorly characterized) hydro dimer~;~ but most