A greener approach for the synthesis of 1-N-methyl-(spiro[2.3′]oxindolespiro[3.2″]/spiro[2.3′]indan-1,3-dionespiro[2.2″])cyclopentanone-4-aryl pyrrolidines

N,N-Dimethylammonium N′,N′-dimethyl carbamate (DIMCARB), a reusable reaction medium, has been used in the synthesis of a number of monoarylidene cyclopentanones. These compounds are used as dipolarophiles in the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction of an azomethine ylide, generated in situ by the decarboxylation method for the synthesis of spiropyrrolidines by the application of microwave methodology.

Synthesis of dispiropyrrolidines has been accomplished through 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction of azomethine ylides by the application of microwave methodology.