PREPARATION AND THE ACID-CATALYZED AND BASE-CATALYZED ISOMERIZATION OF 5,5-DIMETHYL-3-PHENYL-1-PYRROLINE-1-OXIDE (5,5-DIMETHYL-3-PHENYL-4,5-DIHYDRO-3H-PYRROLE 1-OXIDE) - UNPRECEDENTED ACID-CATALYZED 1,3-OXYGENMIGRATION
Nj. Gibson et Ar. Forrester, PREPARATION AND THE ACID-CATALYZED AND BASE-CATALYZED ISOMERIZATION OF 5,5-DIMETHYL-3-PHENYL-1-PYRROLINE-1-OXIDE (5,5-DIMETHYL-3-PHENYL-4,5-DIHYDRO-3H-PYRROLE 1-OXIDE) - UNPRECEDENTED ACID-CATALYZED 1,3-OXYGENMIGRATION, Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin transactions. I, (4), 1995, pp. 501-505
5,5-Dimethyl-3-phenyl-1-pyrroline 1-oxide undergoes acid-catalysed iso
merisation to a 3-hydroxy-1-pyrroline in aqueous solution and base-cat
alysed isomerisation in non-aqueous solution to a pyrrolidin-2-one.