“…Both opposing effects may explain the increased stability of the ring isomer for N-methylamides only. A great number oflevulinic [33,189,199,218,220,230,231,234,235], other 3-acylpropionic (R 1 = alkyl) [199,220,236,237], 3-aroylpropionic [33,197,199,202,203], and methylsubstituted acylpropionic [141,200,221,231,237,238] ami des were synthesized and their structures strictl,Y proven by means of spectroscopic methods. But one rarely succeeded in obtaining both individual isomers.…”