The structures of the reaction products obtained from the condensation of trifluoropyruvaldehyde with a variety of ortho-diamines have been investigated in order to determine the scope of the reaction and also to investigate which of the structural isomers is formed in larger amount in cases in which two products are possible. As a result of intensive I3C, leF, and'H NMR studies, as well as X-ray analysis, it has been observed that in ...