Substituted pyrrolidines: Difference between revisions

[[File:Pyrrolidine.png|thumb|200px|right|Molecular structure of a ''pyrrolidine'' ring]]

'''Substituted pyrrolidines''' are a class of compounds that contain a pyrrolidine ring.

Pyrrolidine is an organic, heterocyclic compound consisting of a five-membered ring containing one amine (nitrogen) constituent. Its ring is fully saturated, and contains no double bonds. Pyrrolidine features predominantly in [[Nicotine]] and its analogues that target the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor, in the [[racetam]] class of [[nootropic]]s as the γ-lactam pyrrolidone, and in a group of compounds in the [[substituted cathinone]] class where the amine has been integrated into a pyrrolidine ring.