SYNTHETIC COMMUNICATIONS, cilt.44, sa.9, ss.1323-1332, 2014 (SCI-Expanded)
Water was a suitable medium for Paal-Knorr pyrrole cyclocondensation. Hexa-2,5-dione was reacted with several aliphatic and aromatic primary amines, affording N-substituted 2,5-dimethyl pyrrole derivatives in good to excellent yields. An efficient, green method using water either as environmentally friendly solvent or catalyst was presented.