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First triphenylphosphine promoted reduction of maleimides to succinimides
Pal, Bikash,Pradhan, Prasun K.,Jaisankar, Parasuraman,Giri, Venkatachalam S.
, p. 1549 - 1552 (2003)
Triphenylphosphine (TPP) in refluxing methanol effectively reduces maleimides 1a-g to the corresponding succinimides 2a-g in good yields. It was observed that some maleimides obtained from aromatic halogen compounds 1h-j were transformed into the corresponding succinamic acid methyl esters 3a-c by this reaction.