“…Compound 3 has been directly synthesized by the reaction of morpholine in chloroform with hexachloroacetone, in the literature. 9) In case of cyclopentanone enamines under the same reaction conditions, both the 1-(4-morpholino)cyclopentene (1b) and 1-(1-pyrrolidinyl)cyclopentene (1d) were converted directly to the corresponding triketone, 2,6-di(trichloroacetyl)cyclopentanone (7), in 45 and 55% yields, respectively. The reaction of compound 1b also gave N-acetylated product, compound 3, in 35% yield.…”