Oe. Nasakin et al., STEREOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF TRICYCLIC DERIVATIVES OF 2-AMINO-1-PYRROLIN-5-ONE DIMETHYL ACETALS, Russian chemical bulletin, 42(3), 1993, pp. 491-496
Reactions of a tetracyanobicycloalkene (1) with methanol and ethylene
glycol give derivatives of 2-aminopyrrolin-5-one (2 and 3), and acid h
ydrolysis of 3 gives an imide (4). According to an X-ray structural in
vestigation, a cis orientation of the heterocycle (with respect to the
C=C bond) is realized in 2; in the case of 4, the cis/trans ratio of
the isomers in the crystal and solution is 2:1.