Photochemistry of the nitrogen-thiocarbonyl systems - 32. Photochemical transformation of trithiobarbiturate into thiohydantoin and imidazolino-thiophene derivatives
H. Takechi et al., Photochemistry of the nitrogen-thiocarbonyl systems - 32. Photochemical transformation of trithiobarbiturate into thiohydantoin and imidazolino-thiophene derivatives, HETEROCYCLE, 50(1), 1999, pp. 159-168
Upon irradiation of trithiobarbiturate (1), ring contraction reaction occur
red to give thiohydantoin (2 or 3) and imidazolinothiophene (4) derivatives
. Further, on treating with iodine, the thiohydantoins (2 and 3) undergo ri
ng closure, giving imidazolinothiophene derivatives (4).