Treatment of 3-substituted 5-carbamoyl-1-phenyluracil derivatives (lac) wit
h NaH afforded 5-(N-substituted carbamoyl)-1-phenyluracil derivatives (2a-c
) via rearrangement involving the rare C(2)-N(3) bond cleavage of a uracil
ring system. Upon reaction of 5-N-methylcarbamoyl-1-phenyluracil derivative
s (4a and 4b) and 3-methyl-1-phenyl-5-thiocarbamoyluracil (6) with NaH, 5-(
anilino-methylene)barbituric acid derivatives (5a, b and 7) formed, respect
ively, via rearrangement involving the N(1)-C(2) bond cleavage.