Date of Award
8-2003
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.S.
Degree Program
Chemistry
Department
Chemistry
Major Professor
Jursic, Branko
Second Advisor
Gibb, Bruce
Third Advisor
Wang, G.
Fourth Advisor
Wiley, John
Fifth Advisor
Trudell, Mark
Abstract
Through NMR experiments of the reaction of barbituric acid with carbodiimide, a general synthetic procedure for the preparation of 5-diaminomethylenebarbiturates (DABA) was developed. This procedure is very simple and applicable to the preparation of large quantities of DABA derivatives. Through the X-ray structural study of one of the DABA derivatives it was established that these compounds have a ylide-type structure with strong charge separation inside the molecule. 5-Ylide-pyridinium-methyl barbituric acid derivatives were investigated with the isolation of 4-dimethylamino-1-(2,4,6-trioxohexahydro- pyrimidin-5-ylide-methyl)-pyridinium as well as its corresponding 1,3- dimethylbarbituric acid derivative with quantitative yields. An alternative approach was attempted in order to prepare chiral 5-ylide-pyridinium-methyl-barbituric acid derivatives thus containing a chiral center between the charge separation. The extreme instability of the derivatives under investigation afforded the unique isolation of 4-dimethylamino-1- [(1,3-dimethyl-2,4,6-trioxo-hexahydro-pyrimidin-5-yl)-phenyl-methyl]-pyridinium in quantitative yield.
Recommended Citation
Douelle, Frederic, "Preparation of Pyridinium and Diaminocarbonium Barbituric Acid Ylides" (2003). University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations. 31.
https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/31
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