138714-56-4Relevant articles and documents
BENZILIC ACID REARRANGEMENTS IN THE REACTIONS OF ARYL VICINAL TRICARBONYL DERIVATIVES WITH ALDEHYDE SCHIFF BASES
Wasserman, Harry H.,Ennis, David S.,Vu, Chi B.,Schulte, Gayle K.
, p. 6039 - 6042 (1991)
Reactions of aryl and hetero vicinal tricarbonyl derivatives with aldehyde Schiff bases of the general structure RCH2CHO lead to pyrrolinone derivatives by benzilic acid-related rearrangements, driven, most probably, by iminium ion intermediates.