3-Pyrrolidinones: Michael addition and Schmidt rearrangement reactions

F. A. Amer, M. Hammouda, A. A.S. El-Ahl, B. F. Abdel-Wahab

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Abstract

Various spiro-pyrano[3,2-b]pyrrolo-2-oxoindolines 3a-d and dicyano-pyrano[3,2-b]pyrroles 5a-e have been synthesized in the present study by Michael addition of 3-pyrrolidinones 1 to isatin-3-ylidenes 2 and arylidenemalononitrile 4. Hexahydro-4-oxo-1-aryl-pyrimidine-5-carboxylic acids 7a,b were synthesized from 1 by Schmidt rearrangement.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)416-425
Number of pages10
JournalSynthetic Communications
Volume39
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2009
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • 3-pyrrolidinones
  • Arylidenemalononitriles
  • Isatin-3-ylidines
  • Michael addition
  • Schmidt rearrangement

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