4- methyl-4-phenyl-oxazolidin-2,5-dione

Amino-2-phenyl-propionic acid and 2-amino-2-ethylbutyric acid, 1172, react with benzyl chloroformate in aqueous alkali and then with thionyl chloride to give 4-methyl-4-phenyl-oxazolidin-2,5-dione [854] and 4,4-diethyl-oxazolidine-2,5-dione 1174 [855],... 

Irradiation of a benzene solution of 5-phenyl Af-benzoylformyl-A-p-tolylthiocar-bamate 48a (Scheme 23) gave 5-phenyl-5-phenylthio-3-p-tolyloxazolidine-2,4-dione 49a in 61% yield accompanied by oxazolidine-2,4-dione dimer (15%), p-tolyl isocyanate (22%), and diphenyl disulfide [29]. Photolysis of 48a in the solid state gave oxazolidine-2,4-dione 49a in 96% yield. For the N-methyl derivative, 48b, compared to the solution photochemistry in which only 8% of oxazolidinedi-one 49b was obtained with a complex mixture, radical cyclization proceeds selectively to give oxazolidinedione in 75% yield in the solid state. Whereas N-p-tolyl and A-methyl derivatives, 48a and 48b, formed achiral crystals, the N-benzyl derivative 48c crystallized in chiral space group P2. Photolysis of the chiral... 

A large-scale cyclization reaction of carbamates with functionalized butenoates, starting from carbamates prepared without phosgene, for the efEdent preparation of 3-(substituted phenyl)-5-isopropylidene-l,3-oxazolidine-2,4-dione derivatives (azaladones) having potent herbicidal adivity, has been described in a patent application [240]. By reacting an N-(substituted phenyl)carbamate 312 with a 2-hydroxy-3-alkenoic acid ester (for example, ethyl 2-hydroxy-3-methyl-3-butenoate) or a 3-alkoxy-2-hydroxyalkanoic add ester, at 210 °C for 15 h, azaladone 313 was formed in 71.5% yield. 

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