A new two-step synthesis of pyrrole-2-carboxylic acids, steps via 1,3 dipol
ar cycloaddition of azomethine ylides to nitro-styrenes and oxidation of th
e resulting pyrrolidines with alkaline hydrogen peroxide is described. The
oxidation of cycloadducts 3 by the means of MnO2 under different conditions
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