title: Synthesis of N3,N'3-polymethylene-bis-hydantoins and their macrocyclic derivatives.
abstract: An efficient and straightforward two-step approach toward N3,N'3-polymethylene-bis-hydantoins was developed. As a first step, a pyroglutamate is reacted with a diisocyanate to produce a bis-carbamoyllactam. The second step is a double-ring transformation by treatment of this bis-carbamoyllactam with KOtBu in ethanol. In this fashion N3,N'3-polymethylene-bis-hydantoins are produced in two quantitative steps and under very mild conditions. When properly derivatized, these compounds can be converted to their macrocyclic derivatives upon treatment with 5 mol % of second-generation Grubbs' catalyst. These macrocyclic derivatives are so far not described in the literature. It was proven that exclusively (E)-isomers are formed.
authors: Research group Synbioc, Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure links 653, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium.
authors: Nicolai
authors: N
authors: Dieltiens
authors: Diederica D
authors: DD
authors: Claeys
authors: Christian V
authors: CV
authors: Stevens