Easy one-pot access to substituted 2-phenylpyrrolines from 2-pyrrolidinone

An easy access to 2-aryl pyrrolidines is the reduction, stereospecific or not, of the corresponding 2-aryl-pyrroline (5-aryl-3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrrole). Preparation of the latter has been carried out from 2-pyrrolidinone using an easy one-pot two-step method for the first time.