Simple, effective, and high yield synthetic procedures for formylation and acetylation of barbituric acid derivatives is described. Generated 5-acylbarbituric acids are transformed into the corresponding Schiff bases in high yield condensation reactions with ω- aminoalkanoic acids and nitrophenylhydrazines.
[Neumann, Donna M.; Cammarata, Amy; Backes, Gregory; Palmer, Glen E.; Jursic, Branko S. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, 2014 , vol. 22, # 2 p. 813 - 826]