An investigation of oxidative animation of 2‐methyl‐1,4‐benzoquinone with pyrrolidine

Oxidative amination of 2‐methyl‐1,4‐benzoquinone with pyrrolidine yielded 2‐methyl‐6‐pyrrolidino‐1,4‐benzoquinone as the major product along with 2‐methyl‐5‐pyrrolidino‐1,4‐benzoquinone formed as the minor product. No detectable amount of 2‐methyl‐3,6‐bis‐(pyrrolidino)‐1,4‐benzoquinone was observed.