A novel heterocumulenic pauson-khand reaction of alkynylcarbodiimides: a facile and efficient synthesis of heterocyclic ring-fused pyrrolinones

摘要

The first examples of the heterocumulenic Pauson-Khand reaction are described. Alkynylcarbodiimides undergo an intramolecular Pauson-Khand cycloaddition upon heating in the presence of Mo(CO)_6 and DMSO to afford 4,5-dihydro-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyrrolin-2-ones and 1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]indol-2-ones.