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Diphenylparabanic Acid as a Synthon for the Synthesis of α-Diketones and α-Ketocarboxylic Acids
Diphenylparabanic acid was found to react with >2
equiv of organolithiums
at −78 °C to effectively give the corresponding symmetrical
α-diketones. However, upon treatment with 1 equiv of organolithium,
the parabanic acid gave mainly 5-substituted 5-hydroxyimidazolidine-2,4-diones.
On the other hand, Grignard reagents were less reactive toward the
parabanic acid at low temperature, and selectively gave the corresponding
5-hydroxyimidazolidine-2,4-diones even if more than 1 equiv of the
reagents was used. A tandem process in which the parabanic acid was
first reacted with a Grignard reagent and then reacted in one-pot
with an organolithium effectively gave the unsymmetrical α-diketone.
5-Substituted 5-hydroxyimidazolidine-2,4-diones were useful as versatile
precursors for preparing α-ketocarboxylic acids as well as unsymmetrical
α-diketones