Ruthenium complex-catalysed synthesis of 1, 3-disubstituted 2, 3-dihydroimidazol-2-ones from N, N′-disubstituted ureas and vicinal diols

T Kondo, S Kotachi, Y Watanabe

Index: Kondo, Teruyuki; Kotachi, Shinji; Watanabe, Yoshihisa Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, 1992 , # 18 p. 1318 - 1319

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Abstract

Recently, interest in the chemistry of imidazole and imidazol- one derivatives has been stimulated by their importance as intermediates in the synthesis of naturally occurring com- pounds such as biotin, hydantoin and allantoin.1 However, there are few facile and widely applicable synthetic routes to imidazolones in particular.2 and to the best of our knowledge, there are no examples of transition metal complex-catalysed syntheses of imidazolones. In the course of our ...