Rcf. Jones et Kj. Howard, 1,3-DIPOLAR CYCLOADDITIONS OF 4,5-DIHYDROIMIDAZOLIUM YLIDES - NEW PROTOCOLS FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF PYRROLIDINES AND PYRROLO[1,2-A]PYRAZINES, Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin transactions. I, (20), 1993, pp. 2391-2393
1,3-Dipolar cycloadditions of 4,5-dihydroimidazolium ylides formed fro
m 1-benzyl-4,5-dihydroimidazole proceed via a convenient one-step, one
-pot protocol to give hexahydropyrrolo[1,2-a]imidazole esters, reducti
on of which leads to either hexahydropyrrolo[1,2-a]pyrazines or N-subs
tituted pyrrolidines depending on the nature of the ester.