Department of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki GR 541 24, Greece
Abstract:
Reduction of the Michael addition products of anions of nitro compounds to dimethyl maleate led to the spontaneous formation of the respective 2‐alkyl‐5‐oxopyrrolidine‐3‐carboxylic acid methyl esters. Conventional hydrolysis of the later gave the desired compounds.
