Jd. Winkler et Mg. Siegel, A NOVEL PHOTOCHEMICAL-SYNTHESIS OF PYRROLES FROM BETA-KETOVINYLOGOUS AMIDES, Tetrahedron letters, 34(48), 1993, pp. 7697-7700
Irradiation of beta-ketovinylogous amides leads to the formation of 3-
acylpyrroles. A mechanistic rationale is offered which involves the re
combination of a photochemically generated biradical, followed by tran
sannular condensation to give the observed pyrrole product.