N. Katagiri et al., SYNTHESIS OF NUCLEOSIDES AND RELATED-COMPOUNDS .34. SYNTHESIS OF 5-ISONITROSO-1,3-DIOXANE-4,6-DIONES AND THEIR REACTIONS, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 42(6), 1994, pp. 1251-1257
Synthesis of 5-isonitroso-1,3-dioxane-4,6-dione (2: isonitroso Meldrum
's acid) and related compounds and their reactions were described. Com
pound (2) reacted with various alcohols to give hydroxyiminoacetic aci
d esters in moderate yields. Compound 2 was acetylated in the usual ma
nner to give 5-acetoxyimino-1,3-dioxane-4,6-dione (9) as a stable crys
talline substance, which acted not as a heterodiene but as a heterodie
nophile and underwent hetero Diels-Aider reaction with various dienes
to form [4+2] adducts.