Abstract
Application of hydrogen peroxide to pyrrolidine yielded succinic acid. Oxidative cleavage of N-benzoylpyrrolidine and N-p-toluenesulfonylpyrrolidine with potassium permanganate respectively yielded benzamide and succinic acid, and p-sulfaminobenzoic acid and succinic acid. The foregoing results have provided experimental evidences that the cleavage of the pyrrolidine ring by the application of oxidation agents occurred on both sides of the ring nitrogen.
