Reaction of dimethyl methylenesuccinate with hydrazine

Marina Vinnikova, David Gertner, Shmuel Cohen, Albert Zilkha*

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Abstract

The addition of hydrazine to dimethyl methylenesuccinate gave a product whose structure could be either a 1-aminopyrrolidone 1 or a hexahydropyridazinone 2. Chemical methods to establish the structure were contradictory. It gave a benzylidene derivative suggesting the former structure, but the N-benzoyl derivative of 1, prepared by a different route, differed from that of the product suggesting the latter structure. X-Ray structural analysis established that the product is 2 while the benzylidene derivative was actually that of 1, showing that rearrangement occurred when the product was heated with benzaldehyde.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1931-1933
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1
Issue number16
DOIs
StatePublished - 1993

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