1-(4-Chlorophenyl)-2-methyl-2-phenyl-5-(thiophen-2-yl)-1,2-dihydro-3H-pyrrol-3-one

1-(4-Chlorophenyl)-2-methyl-2-phenyl-5-(thiophen-2-yl)-1,2-dihydro-3H-pyrrol-3-one, was synthesized for the first time in 75% yield by the base-catalyzed intramolecular cyclization of 4-((4-chlorophenyl)amino)-4-phenyl-1-(thiophen-2-yl)pent-2-yn-1-one. The starting aminoacetylenic ketone was prepared by cross-coupling of available propargylamines with acyl chlorides in the presence of the PdCl2/CuI/Ph3P catalytic system.