Got another one for you guys.  I was unable to locate any useful procedures on the preparation on pyrrolidine.  Plain pyrrolidine that is, no substituted.  The best idea I can come up with is pyrrole ----> pyrrolidine through catalytic hydrogenation, or sodium/ethanol.  Through further reading, it looked as if pyrrolidine can accidentally be reduced further into butylamine, but I could have misinterpreted.  Does anyone have any fresh ideas on this one?

You mean decarboxylation?

I can't say for sure by what mechanism the reaction of proline with a hypochlorite proceeds. A little quick looking tells me that the products are uncertain. I can tell you that the Strecker degradation produces an aldehyde (edit: or a ketone). Check the mechanism. So it's better to call it a decarboxylation if it produces pyrrolidine

I'm siding with enkidu on this one; I don't know if strecker is the appropriate name of the reaction you might be speaking of.  Would you care to post any references or instances of experimentation? BTW, thanks for pointing me in the direction of proline - didn't even think to look through amino acids. 

Ain't that the bloody truth - IIRC with Langheld-Strecker degradations, you need at LEAST 2 equivalents of hypochlorite to substrate or you will get the prettiest red (rapidly becoming reddish-brown) tar you've ever fucking seen