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.
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