Synthesis of pyrroloazepinones: platinum- and gold-catalyzed cyclization reactions of alkynes

The synthesis of potentially bioactive pyrroloazepinones based on the catalytic intramolecular cyclization of alkyne-substituted 1H-pyrrole-2-carboxylic acid amides has been developed. In the presence of either H2PtCl6·6H2O at 120 °C or AuCl3 at room temperature pyrrolo[3,2-c]azepin-4-ones are formed.

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