M. Schlosser et F. Faigl, PYRROLOBENZOXAZEPINE RING CONSTRUCTION THROUGH METALATION AND ELECTROPHILIC SUBSTITUTION OF N-(2-HYDROXYMETHYLPHENYL)PYRROLE, Tetrahedron, 50(7), 1994, pp. 2071-2076
N-(2-Hydroxymethylphenyl)pyrrole was found to be amenable to selective
alpha-metalation. Trapping with a variety of electrophilic reagents a
fforded the expected products with moderate to high yields. Derivative
s formed by treatment of the organometallic intermediate with aldehyde
s, ketones or carbon dioxide could be cyclized to give pyrrolobenzoxaz
epines.