Heteropolyacid-silica mediated [3+2] cycloaddition of azomethine ylides - a facile multicomponent one-pot synthesis of novel dispiroheterocycles

An efficient synthesis of dispiroindenoquinoxaline pyrrolizidine derivatives has been expediently accomplished by a one-pot four component 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction. High regioselectivity was achieved using heteropolyacid H-4[Si(W3O10)(3)]-silica as a catalyst. X-ray diffraction studies of one of the cycloadducts proved the structure and regiochemistry of the cycloadduct. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.