Research Article

2-Pyrrolidinones and 3-Pyrrolin-2-ones: A Study on the Chemical Reactivity of These Structural Moieties

Table 2

1H NMR data of the isomers 4a and 4b.

Hydrogens4a4b
(Multiplicity, J/Hz) (Multiplicity, J/Hz)

N-H6.55 (bs)6.90 (bs)

C3-H4.46 (dd, 2.4 and 7.3)4.32 (dd, 4.9 and 7.5)

C4-H2.76–2.50 (m)2.78–2.50 (m)
2.42–2.24 (m)2.42–2.24 (m)

C5-H3.50–3.24 (m)3.65–3.48 (m)
3.48–3.25 (m)