Nitrogen → Acrylamidomethyl 2-oxopyrrolidine

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The mixture of 1-methoxy methyl-2-pyrrolidone (65.6 g), acrylamide (75.5 g), toluene sulfonic acid (0.20 g) and phenothiazine (0.20 g) was stirred under the condition of N2 for 1 hour at 150° C. while removing methanol by distillation. The residue was cooled, then recrystallized in acetone to give the title compound in the yield of 40%.

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