PHOTOCHEMISTRY OF THE NITROGEN-THIOCARBONYL SYSTEMS .28. PHOTOREACTIONS OF THIOBARBITURATES - INTERMOLECULAR CYCLOADDITION WITH ALKENES ANDRING CONTRACTION REACTION OF TRITHIOBARBITURATE
H. Takechi et M. Machida, PHOTOCHEMISTRY OF THE NITROGEN-THIOCARBONYL SYSTEMS .28. PHOTOREACTIONS OF THIOBARBITURATES - INTERMOLECULAR CYCLOADDITION WITH ALKENES ANDRING CONTRACTION REACTION OF TRITHIOBARBITURATE, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 45(1), 1997, pp. 1-7
Upon irradiation of mono-, di-, and trithiobarbiturates in the presenc
e of alkenes, [2+2]cycloaddition occurred regioselectively to give thi
etanes and their desulfurized products. In the case of trithiobarbitur
ate, a novel type of ring contraction product, dithiohydantoin, was al
so obtained.