1-Substituted derivatives of 2-phenylpyrrolidine-2-carboxamide.

The structures of two potential anti-human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTI), namely 1-(2-chlorobenzoyl)-2-phenylpyrrolidine-2-carboxamide, C(18)H(17)ClN(2)O(2), and 1-(2-furoyl)-2-phenylpyrrolidine-2-carboxamide, C(16)H(16)N(2)O(3), have been investigated by X-ray diffraction and the butterfly-like conformation established in each case. The pyrrolidine ring has the same half-chair conformation in both structures.