Several attempts to prepare 3‐acetyl‐5‐benzyl‐3‐pyrrolin‐2‐one (7) from phenylalanine are described. This goal was only reached formally, because compound 7 exists in the tautomeric form of (Z)‐5‐benzyl‐3‐(1′‐hydroxyethylidene)‐4‐pyrrolin‐2‐one (17) according to the spectral data. The problem of tautomerism in pyrrolinone systems is discussed.
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