SYNTHESIS0039-78811437-210X © Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York 2019, 51, 816–828 short review 816 en Syn thesis M. Leonardi et al. Short Review The Hantzsch Pyrrole Synthesis: Non-conventional Variations and Applications of a Neglected Classical Reaction Marco Leonardi R2 R3 Verónica Estévez Microwave Flow Mercedes Villacampa O O Conventional Photochemical R4 COR3 J. Carlos Menéndez* 0000-0002-0560-8416 O X 5 R R5 R2 Unidad de Química Orgánica y Farmacéutica, Departamento de Química en N R4 Ciencias Farmacéuticas, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, Solid phase Sonochemical R1 Plaza de Ramón y Cajal sn, 28040 Madrid, Spain NH2 Hantzsch pyrrole Mechanochemical synthesis
[email protected] R1 Received: 10.09.2018 pyrroles are also known, exhibiting properties such as anti- Accepted after revision: 18.10.2018 mycobacterial5 and antimalarial6 activities, inhibition of Published online: 03.12.2018 7 8 DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1610320; Art ID: ss-2018-z0610-sr HIV virus fusion, and hepatoprotection, among many oth- ers. Some of these compounds have reached the pharma- Abstract Pyrrole is one of the most important one-ring heterocycles ceutical market, including the anti-inflammatory drugs because of its widespread presence in natural products and unnatural zomepirac and tolmetin, the antihypercholesterolemic bioactive compounds and drugs in clinical use. The preparation of pyr- 9 roles by reaction between primary amines, β-dicarbonyl compounds, agent atorvastatin, and the anticancer drug sunitinib (Fig- and α-halo ketones, known as the Hantzsch pyrrole synthesis, is re- viewed here for the first time. In spite of its age and its named reaction HO OH HO OH OH status, this method has received little attention in the literature.