A. Bhan et al., RING-CLOSURE OF DIETHYL AMINO-1-BENZYLIMIDAZOLYL-4-CARBONYL)AMINO]MALONATE - PRODUCT STRUCTURES AND PATHWAYS OF PRODUCT FORMATION, Structural chemistry, 5(6), 1994, pp. 375-381
Ring closure of the title compound (I) with sodium methoxide in methan
ol yielded three products, one 5:6-fused and two 5:7-fused heterocycli
c systems: 9-benzyl-2-methoxycarbonylhypoxanthine (2), carbonyl-6H-imi
dazo[4,5-e][1,4]diazepine-5,8-dione (3), and -methoxy-6H-imidazo[4,5-e
][1,4]diazepine-5,8-dione (4). Structures and pathways of formation of
all three products have been described. Structures of 2 and 3 were co
nfirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analyses.