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Bioinspired one-pot furan-thiol-amine multicomponent reaction for making heterocycles and its applications
One-pot multicomponent coupling of different units in a chemoselective manner and their late-stage diversification has wide applicability in varying chemistry fields. Here, we report a simple multicomponent reaction inspired by enzymes that combines thiol and amine nucleophiles in one pot via a furan-based electrophile to generate stable pyrrole heterocycles independent of the diverse functionalities on furans, thiols and amines under physiological conditions. The resulting pyrrole provides a reactive handle to introduce diverse payloads. We demonstrate the application of
- PAR ID:
- 10430589
- Publisher / Repository:
- Nature Publishing Group
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- Journal Name:
- Nature Communications
- Volume:
- 14
- Issue:
- 1
- ISSN:
- 2041-1723
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- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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