Ha. Abdelnabi et G. Kollenz, REACTIONS OF CYCLIC OXALYL COMPOUNDS .39. REACTIONS OF ETHOXYCARBONYL-5-PHENYL-2,3-DIHYDROFURAN-2,3-DIONE WITH HETEROCUMULENES AND SCHIFF-BASES, Monatshefte fuer Chemie, 128(4), 1997, pp. 381-387
Furan-2,3-dione 1 reacts with arylisocyanates to the corresponding pyr
rol-2,3-diones 2, whereas conversion with diisopropylcarbodiimide affo
rds the oxazepin-6,7-dione derivative 3 in 68% yield. 1,3-Oxazines 5,
6, and 7 were obtained by thermolysis of 1 in boiling xylene in presen
ce of arylisocyanates, diphenylketen-p-tolylimine, and Schiff bases, m
ost likely by trapping the alpha-oxoketene intermediate 4. Preparative
flash vakuum pyrolysis (FVP) of 1 and 2b gave 8 and 9, respectively.