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A Convenient Route to 3-Pyrroline Utilizing the Delépine Reaction
Svante Brandänge*, Benito Rodriguez
*Department of Organic Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, University of Stockholm, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden

3-Pyrroline(2,5-dihydro-1H-pyrrole) has been prepared from (Z)-1, 4-dichloro-2-butene (1) in three steps in an overall yield of 74%.