Synthesis of N-Substituted （Z）-3-（ （2-Benzyl）-4-Ox opent-2-yl） Pyrrole-2,5-Diones （Maleimides）

A series of N-substituted （Z）-3-（（2-benzyl）-4-oxopent-2-yl）pyrrole-2,5-diones were synthesized and characterized. The compounds were synthesized from dimethyl-2-（（Z）-2-（benzylamino）-4-oxopent-2-en-3-yl） fumarate （9） and dimethyl acetylenedi-carboxylate followed by reaction with some amines in refluxing ethanol. The identification of the compounds were based on spectroscopic analysis such as 1R （infrared）, UV （ultraviolet）, ^1H-NMR （nuclear magnetic resonance） and the microanalysis of the elements （CHN （microanalysis）） data.