M. Avalos et al., Conjugate additions of heteronucleophiles to enones and alkynoates. A 'benign by design' functionalization of heteroaromatics, GREEN CHEM, 3(1), 2001, pp. 26-29
A simple and convenient functionalization of pyrrole and thiophene nuclei h
as been accomplished by one-step clay-catalyzed conjugate addition reaction
s of these heteroaromatics with some enones and alkynoates under very mild
conditions. The experimental protocol can be easily modified to accommodate
one or two alkyl groups.