Rearrangements in the Furan Series. V. Reaction of 2,4-Di-p-methylanilino-cyclopent-2-enone With Maleic Anhydride

Abstract

A yellow product formed in the reaction of 2,4-di-p-methylanilinocyclopent-2-enone with maleic anhydride has been shown by X-ray crystallographic analysis to be (4′-p-methylanilino-1′-p-methylphenyl-2′,5′-dioxo-1′,2′,3′,5′,6′,6′a- hexahydrocyclopenta[b]pyrrol-3′-yl)acetic acid (3) in accord with the spectroscopic data. Monoclinic crystals of (3) belong to the space group P2₁/n with a 13.399(2), b 8.386(1), c 17.935(3)Ǻ, β 92.06(2)° and Z 4. Full-matrix refinement with 2292 observed data converged at R 0.063.