“…Reports from our laboratory and others revealed that the 4‐aryl‐4‐oxobut‐2‐enoic acids are convenient poly electrophilic reagents in the synthesis of heterocycles, which for the addition reaction of nucleophililes, for example, carbon, nitrogen, sulfur, and phosphore occurs exclusively at the α‐carbon electrophilic center of the carboxy precursors. Recently, the authors reported the behavior of 4‐(4‐acetylaminophenyl)‐4‐oxo‐but‐2‐enoic acid ( 1 ) that was allowed to react with pyrazoles, for example, 3‐methyl/phenyl‐2‐pyrazolen‐5‐one, barbituric acid, and quinazolinone derivatives in different reaction conditions under Michael, aza‐Michael, and Friedel–Crafts reaction conditions.…”