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Raney-Ni-catalyzed hydrogenation of 1-pyrazoline-3-carboxylic acid derivati
ves 3 affords optically active 4-substituted trans-3-amino-2-pyrrolidones 6
as new unnatural alpha,gamma-diaminoacid derivatives by reductive N-N-bond
cleavage, ring transformation and retro-aldol reaction.