Vl. Gein et al., Synthesis and geometric and electronic structure of 5-aryl-4-arylcarbonyl-3-hydroxy-2,5-dihydropyrrol-2-ones and their reactions with arylamines, RUSS J G CH, 70(10), 2000, pp. 1634-1639
Methyl (arylcarbonyl)pyruvates were reacted with aromatic aldehydes and amm
onium acetate to prepare 5-aryl-4-arylcarbonyl-2,5-dihydropyrrol-2-ones who
se reaction with aromatic amines gave 5-aryl-3-arylamino-4-arylcarbonyl-2,5
-dihydropyrro-2-ones. MNDO-PM3 semiempirical calculations of 4-benzoyl-3-hy
droxy-5-phenyl-2,5-dihydropyrrol-2-one and the zwitter-ionic intermediate f
ormed by aniline addition were performed to explain the experimental data o
btained.