Efficient Construction of Drug-like Bispirocyclic Scaffolds Via Organocatalytic Cycloadditions of α-Imino γ-Lactones and Alkylidene PyrazolonesYani Zhou 1, Nannan Chen 2, Yaping Cheng 2, Xiaoqing Cai 2
1School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, 2School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University
Enantiomerically enriched bispiro[γ-butyrolactone-pyrrolidin-4,4'-pyrazolone] skeletons are asymmetrically synthesized through a simple organocatalytic 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction.