3‐Benzoyl‐2,4,5‐pyrrolidinetrione (1a,b) with aliphatic diamines, phenylhydrazine, semicarbazide, and guanidine derivatives yields mono and binary salts (4, 7, 10, 11‐14), enamines (2, 3), imine (5), pyrrolo[3,4‐c]pyrazole (6) and pyrrolo [3,4‐e][1,4]diazepine (8), respectively. The influence of the reagents basicity on the route of cyclocondensation is studied.