Annulation of carbodiimides 6a,b, on alumina
solid support, selectively gives (Z)-hydantoins
8a,b
determined on the basis of X-ray analysis while thermal cyclization
affords, after purification, 8a,b
with imidazolones 10a,b. In the
imidazopyrimidine series, thermal reaction of
heterocumulenes
6d yields, via a Dimroth rearrangement, the
dipyridoimidazolic compound 11. In all
cases,
mechanisms for the observed cyclizations have been
proposed.
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