Efficient Synthesis of 3-Pyrrolin-2-one Derivatives in Aqueous Media

Experimental and theoretical studies on the synthesis of 1,4,5-trisubstituted pyrrolidine-2,3-diones

Substituted 4-acetyl-3-hydroxy-3-pyrroline-2-ones have been prepared via three-component reactions and the tautomerism of these 3-pyrroline-2-ones is due to the slight difference of energy, and the significantly large rate constant of transformation between two tautomers. 1,4,5-Trisubstituted pyrrolidine-2,3-dione derivatives were prepared from the above mentioned 2-pyrrolidinone derivatives and aliphatic amines, which exist in enamine form and are stabilized by an intramolecular hydrogen bond. A possible reaction mechanism between 3-pyrroline-2-one and aliphatic amine (CH3NH2) was proposed based on computational results and the main product is formed favorably following the PES via the lowest ΔG # pathway in both the gas-phase and an ethanol solvent model. DFT calculations showed that kinetic selectivity is more significant than thermodynamic selectivity for forming main products.

N-tert-Butyl-2-{2-[2-(4-chloro-phen-yl)-4-hy-droxy-1-(5-methyl-isoxazol-3-yl)-5-oxo-2,5-di-hydro-1H-pyrrol-3-yl]-N-(4-meth-oxy-phen-yl)acetamido}-2-(4-meth-oxy-phen-yl)acetamide methanol monosolvate: single-crystal X-ray diffraction study and Hirshfeld surface analysis

The title compound, C36H37ClN4O7·CH3OH, which crystallizes as a methanol solvate, may possess biological activity, which is inherent for a natural peptide or protein. In the crystal, mol-ecules of the title compound form hydrogen-bonded tetra-mers with the solvate mol-ecules acting as bridges as a result of the O-H⋯O and N-H⋯O inter-molecular hydrogen bonds. Hirshfeld surface analysis was used to study the different types of inter-molecular inter-actions whose contributions are: H⋯H = 53.8%, O⋯H/H⋯O = 19.0%, C⋯H/H⋯C = 14.8%, Cl⋯H/H⋯Cl = 5.3%, N⋯H/H⋯N = 3.2%.

An Efficient Synthesis of Pyrrolidinone Derivatives in the Presence of 1,1′-Butylenebis(3-sulfo-3H-imidazol-1-ium) Chloride

The catalytic efficiency of 1,1′-butylenebis(3-sulfo-3H-imidazol-1-ium) chloride as a sulfonic acid-functionalized ionic liquid was demonstrated for the synthesis of pyrrolidinone derivatives under mild conditions. The electronic effect of substituents on aniline derivatives was investigated. Further, a study on the structure–activity relationship of ionic liquids containing sulfonic groups for the synthesis of ethyl-2-(4-chlorophenyl)-4-hydroxy-5-oxo-1-(p-tolyl)-2,5-dihydro-1H-pyrrole-3-carboxylate was performed under optimal conditions. The results showed that the catalytic properties of ionic liquids containing two sulfonic or imidazole moieties with carbon spacers was superior to ionic liquids having one sulfonic or imidazole moiety with no carbon spacer.

In-water facile synthesis of poly-substituted 6-arylamino pyridines and 2-pyrrolidone derivatives using tetragonal nano-ZrO2 as reusable catalyst

Green synthesis of functionalized 6-arylamino pyridines and 2-pyrrolidinone derivatives using tetragonal ZrO₂ nanoparticles as reusable catalyst in aqueous ethanol.