Volume 37, Issue 4 pp. 675-680
Article

A convenient preparation of 1,3-disubstituted dihydro-2,4-(1H,3H)pyrimidinediones

L. M. Deck

L. M. Deck

Department of Chemistry, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131

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E. P. Papadopoulos

E. P. Papadopoulos

Department of Chemistry, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131

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First published: 11 March 2009
Citations: 3

Dedicated to the memory of Professor Raymond N. Castle

Abstract

The ureas 3 which are obtained from 3-(benzylamino)propanenitrile (1) and various isocyanates (2) cyclize readily upon heating in ethanol, in the presence of hydrochloric acid, to form 3-substituted 1-benzyldihydro-2,4-(1H,3H)pyrimidinediones (11) in good yield.

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