T. Ueda et al., RING TRANSFORMATION OF 5-AMINO (OR ACYLAMINO)-6-HYDROXY (OR BENZOYLOXY)METHYLPYRIMIDIN-4(3H)-ONES INTO 1H-IMIDAZOLES, Journal of heterocyclic chemistry, 34(3), 1997, pp. 761-764
Treatment of 5-acylamino-6-hydroxy (or benzoyloxy)methyl-3-phenylpyrim
idin-4(3H)-one 5,10 with 5% aqueous sodium hydroxide in ethanol gave y
l-5-hydroxymethyl-4-phenylcarbamoyl-1H-imidazoles 7,11. Oxidation of 5
-amino-6-benzoyloxymethyl-3-phenylpyrim-4(3H)-one 9 in the presence of
copper(II) chloride in alcohol gave oxy-5-alkoxymethyl-4-phenylcarbam
oyl-1H-imidazoles 12a,b accompanied by -amino-6-alkoxymethyl-3-phenylp
yrimidin-4(3H)-ones 13a,b.