“…1,3-Dimethyl-5,5-disubstituted barbituric acid hydrolysis yielded only the N,N'-dimethylmalondiamides (6). Neither a malonuric acid nor a carbamic acid was isolated from the hydrolysis of phenobarbital, its N-methyl derivative (7), and 1,3-dimethylphenobarbital (6). A diamide was the main product in 1,3-dimethylbarbital alkaline hydrolysis, which also produced an acid intermediate.…”