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We report an efficient synthetic strategy to diverse hydantoins and thiohydantoins involving a three-component reaction with the aid of deep eutectic solvent. Here, N,N'-dimethyl urea and N,N'-dimethyl thiourea play a dual role as reactant and reaction medium along with l-(+)-tartaric acid. The three-component reaction provides an easy access to 5-amino-1,3-dialkyl-substituted hydantoins and thiohydantoins in good yields.

A mild and efficient one-pot three-component and environmentally benign approach for the synthesis of a wide range of hydantoin annulated derivatives has been described. A multi-component reaction between a carbonyl compounds (ketone or aldehyde), potassium cyanide and ammonium carbonate (as cyanating agent and amine source, respectively leads to the formation of hydantoins. The proposed optimized reaction conditions ,i.e. solvent-free conditions under ambient temperature in the presence of low amount of ZnOnano-catalyst, were very efficient resulting in the formation of the desired products with good to excellent yields. Furthermore, the presented methodology is in accord with green chemistry principles.Keywords: Bucherer-Bergs; hydantoin derivatives; multicomponent reactions (MCRs); green chemistry.

A new family of molecular photoswitches based on arylidenehydantoins is described together with their synthesis and photochemical and photophysical studies. A series of hydantoin derivatives have been prepared as single isomers using simple and versatile chemistry in good yields. Our studies show that the photostationary states of these compounds can be easily controlled by means of external factors, such as the light source or filters. Moreover, the detailed investigations proved that these switches are efficient (i.e., they make efficient use of the light energy, are high fatigue resistant, and are very photostable). In some cases, the switches can be completely turned on/off, a desirable feature for specific applications. A series of theoretical calculations have also been carried out to understand the photoisomerization mechanism at the molecular level.

Generally, synthesis of hydantoin derivatives involve use of carbonyl compounds which in turn require multistep synthesis. Here, we report a new approach to assemble spirohydantoins via [2+2+2] cyclotrimerization reaction using commercially available, inexpensive hydantoin as a starting material. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

In connection with our studies on hydantoin derivatives, a conventional regioselective chemical transformation of 5-methylene hydantoins 4a-c to 5-aminomethyl-substituted hydantoins 5-10 or to 5-amino-5-methyl-disubstituted hydantoins 11-14 is described. Synthesis of bivalent twin-drug type hydantoin derivatives 19-24 and the binding property of a bivalent symmetrical hydantoin derivative 24b to sulfated glycosaminoglycans are also described.

A B S T R A C T A facile and rapid method for the one-pot synthesis of 5,5-disubstituted hydantoins in the presence of magnetic Fe3O4 nanoparticles has been developed. The multicomponent reactions of carbonyl compounds (aldehydes and ketones), potassium cyanide and ammonium carbonate were carried out under solvent-free conditions to obtain various hydantoin derivatives. The magnetic catalyst could be readily separated by an external magnet from the reaction mixture. This procedure has many advantages, such as the use of a reusable magnetic catalyst, high yields, short reaction times, simplicity and very easiness with implementing the methodology.

The novel and one-pot synthesis of 5-hydroxyl hydantoins from Ugi five-component condensation procedures is reported. The transformation was promoted via a microwave heating method and provided 5-hydroxyl hydantoins in workable yields, representing a direct approach to this synthetically challenging and biologically interesting pharmacophore.

A novel method for the direct synthesis of 5-arylidene-2-thiohydantoins from thioureas and aromatic aldehydes in the presence of base in ethanol was developed. Application of this efficient method allowed preparing thiohydantoins, which are difficult to synthesis by traditional methods.

The reaction of α-keto acids with carbodiimides provides O-acyl urea intermediates which undergo visible light induced rearrangement to form unexpected hydantoine derivatives.

The reaction of 4-phenylurazole and fumaric esters in the presence of tetrabutylammonium bromide results in the formation of 5-alkylidene derivatives of hydantoin under solvent-free conditions.

A mild method to convert optically pure amino acid thiourea and urea derivatives to thiohydantoins and hydantoins, respectively, is described. It provides an efficient way to realize enantioselective synthesis of thiohydantoins and hydantoins with good to high isolated yields and enantiomeric purities. We found that the enantiomeric purities were highly dependent on the reaction conditions including bases, solvents, and temperature.

A short and efficient synthesis of (Z)-2-substituted-5-(4-((2-substitued-5-oxoimidazolidin-4-ylidene)methyl)benzamido)benzoic acid derivatives (8a–g) as potential type of FabH inhibitors is described. Their structures were confirmed by MS, NOE and 1H NMR.

2-(Alkyl-1-yl)-1 H -imidazol-5(4 H) -ones 5a–n were synthesized via nucleophilic substitution of the methylsulfanyl group of the corresponding 2-(methylthio)-1 H -imidazol-5(4 H )-ones 3a–c with suitably substituted secondary amines. The starting 2-thioxo- imidazolidin-4-ones 2a , 2b were prepared by condensation of thiohydantoin and benzo[ b ]-thiophene-3-carbaldehyde or benzofuran-3-carbaldehyde under microwave irracdiation (MW) conditions. 2-Methylthio derivatives 3a–c were prepared by treatment of 2a–b with methyl iodide in the presence of aqueous sodium hydroxide. Keywords: MW assisted synthesis; hydantoin; arylidene-4 H -imidazoles 1. Introduction Hydantoin derivatives have achieved considerable success as anticonvulsant agents [1]. The nucleosides of several 5-arylidene-3-arylhydantoins and 2-thiohydantoins show potent activity against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) [2] and the leukemia subpanel [3]. A recent study showed that S -glucosylated hydantoins (Figure 1) act against herpes simplex virus, type 1 (HSV-1) and type 2 (HSV-2) in Vero cells [4]. A further study reported that thiazolidinediones (TZDs), which are known to have potent enhancing effects on insulin sensitivity, have been developed for the treatment of noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus [5,6].

In this study 18 hydantoin derivatives were investigated by means of reversed-phase LC on C-18 stationary phase and methanol–water eluent. Quantitative structure–retention relationship study has been applied in order to understand factors that affect the chromatographic behavior which is closely correlated to the activity (ED50 values). A multiple linear regression procedure was used to model the relationships between molecular descriptors and retention of the hydantoin derivatives. The best quantitative structure–activity relationship (QSAR) models were further validated by a leave-one-out technique as well as by the calculation of statistical parameters for the established theoretical models. High agreement between experimental and predicted data obtained in the validation procedure indicated good quality of the derived QSAR models.

A reinvestigation of the Biltz synthesis of phenytoin was undertaken to selectively produce the hydantoin derivative instead of a mixture of the hydantoin and the glycoluryl derivative. A solution of this problem was found in carrying out the reaction in a two-phase system (n-butanol:water) and in the presence of a phase-transfer catalyst (poly(ethyleneglycol)600). In these conditions, a 87–93 yield of phenytoin can be obtained. Extension of this approach to the synthesis of other hydantoin derivatives was also found superior to one-phase conditions.

We have examined the reaction of hydantoin (=imidazolidine-2,4-dione) with (formylphenyl)boronic acids, where the addition of a boronic acid group is hoped to increase bioactivities. Addition of (2-formylphenyl)boronic acid to hydantoin gave an unexpected azaborine compound, which presumably arises by initial formation of the (phenylmethylidene)hydantoin, with subsequent loss of H2O to give the cyclized product. Reactions of (3-formylphenyl)- and (4-formylphenyl)boronic acids with hydantoin gave the corresponding [(Z)-phenylmethylidene]hydantoins in good-to-excellent yields. Attempts to use (3-formylthiophen-2-yl)boronic acid gave a product where the boronic acid group has been cleaved.

Summary The behavior of 5,5-disubstituted hydantoin derivatives has been studied using four chromatographic systems, two normal-phase (silica gel stationary phase with ethyl acetate–toluene and acetonitrile–toluene mobile phases) and two reversed-phase (RP-18 systems with methanol–water and acetonitrile–water mobile phases). The effect of the structures of the derivatives on their retention in both normal and reversed-phase modes was investigated by use of QSRR and molecular descriptors. By means of multiple linear regressions results were interpreted in terms of understandable and physically meaningful variables. Among six models proposed, the two best were selected and tested for prediction of retention – one for normal-phase chromatography (NPC) and the other for reversed-phase chromatography (RPC). The most informative properties in the best NPC model, with similar effects on retention, are log P and valence connectivity indices. The informative properties in the best RPC model were log P and molecular weight, but the statistics was much worse than for NPC. Cross-validation indicated the best models are reliable QSRR models.

Resumo: Reações para obtenção de derivados de hidantoína foram conduzidas a partir de aldeídos de cadeia curta e da 5,5-dimetilhidantoína. O acompanhamento das reações foi realizado por espectroscopia na região do infravermelho médio (MIR) por meio da formação de novas bandas características da estrutura do composto desejado. A análise MIR revelou que estas alterações espectrométricas ocorrem somente na reação com o formaldeído, indicando a formação do produto 1,3-bis(hidroximetil)-5,5-dimetilhidantoína, em presença de água. As bandas de absorção que confirmam a reação foram observadas em 3334 cm-1 (υ OH), 1770 e 1710 cm-1 (υ C=O) e em 1056 cm-1 (υ C-O), sendo esta última, atribuída ao grupo contendo hidroxila primária. A reação da 5,5-dimetil hidantoína com acetaldeído e com propanaldeído não ocorreu sob as condições adotadas neste trabalho. Abstract: Reactions to obtain hydantoin derivatives were carried out with 5,5-dimethylhydantoin and short-chain aldehydes. Monitoring of the reactions was performed using qualitative mid-infrared spectroscopy (MIR) through the formation of new bands characteristic of the desired product. MIR analysis showed that these spectrometric alterations occur only in the reaction with the formaldehyde, indicating the formation of the desired product, 1,3-bis (hydroxymethyl) 5,5-dimethylhydantoin, in the presence of water. The absorption bands that confirmed the reaction were observed at 3334 cm-1 (υ OH), 1770 and 1710 cm-1 (υ C=O) and 1056 cm-1 (υ C-O), the last of which is assigned to the group containing primary hydroxyl.

An efficient procedure for the preparation of 5-dialkylaminomethylhydantoins 3, which are easily obtained from cyclization of the corresponding urea derivatives 2 starting with beta-aminoalanines 1, is described. Methylenehydantoin and the corresponding 2-thio analogue (4a, 4b) were obtained from hydantoins 3a and 3b, respectively. Some new chemical properties of these hydantoin derivatives are reported.

An effective route to functionalized hydantoin derivatives is described, involving the reaction of a urea derivative resulting from the addition of a primary amine to an arylsulfonyl isocyanate, and an alkyl propiolate or dialkyl acetylenedicarboxylate in the presence of triphenylphosphine. The reactive 1:1 intermediate obtained from the addition of triphenylphosphine to the alkyl propiolate or dialkyl acetylenedicarboxylate was trapped by NH-acids such as the urea derivative to produce functionalized hydantoin derivatives.

Amino-acid-derived ureas (I) and (VI) are modified with pseudoephedrine as a chiral auxiliary to yield compounds (III) and (VII), which undergo LDA-promoted rearrangement including an aryl shift to yield hydantoins (IV) and (VIII).

The title compound, C13H13N2O3, a hydantoin derivative, crystallized with two molecules (AandB) in an asymmetric unit. In moleculeA, the imidazolidine ring is twisted about the C—N bond involving the spiro C atom, while in moleculeBthis ring is flat (r.m.s. deviation = 0.010 Å). The pyran rings in both molecules have distorted half-chair conformations. The mean plane of the imidazolidine ring is inclined to the aromatic ring of the chroman unit by 79.71 (11)° in moleculeAand 82.83 (12)° in moleculeB. In the crystal, pairs of N—H...O hydrogen bonds link the individual molecules to formA–AandB–Binversion dimers. The dimers are linkedviaN—H...O and C—H...O hydrogen bonds, forming sheets lying parallel to thebcplane,viz.(011). Within the sheets, theAandBmolecules are linked by C—H...π interactions.

Cancer is the major health problem affecting the mankind of today. Most of the drugs used in traditional chemotherapy are very limited and the discovery of novel, more active, more selective and less toxic ones is still very intensive. A chemometric approach was applied in the study of antiproliferative activity against human colon cancer and breast cancer as well as in the study of lipophilicity of 3-(4-substituted benzyl)-5-ethyl-5-phenyl- and 3-(4-substituted benzyl)- 5,5-diphenylhydantoins. Hierarchical clustering analysis (HCA) shows that the investigated hydantoins have higher antiproliferative activity against human breast cancer cells than against human colon cancer cells. However, some hydantoins at the highest applied concentration reverse antiproliferative effect, higher against the human colon cancer cells and lower against human breast cancer cells. Principal component analysis (PCA) gives better insight into the activity of hydantoins related to their structural changes. It distinguishes more active compounds from the less active ones according to various criteria. Generally, more lipophilic 5,5-diphenylhydantoins exhibit a higher antiproliferative activity comparing to less lipophilic 5-ethyl-5-phenylhydantoins. Also, a substituent attached to benzyl moieties affects the activity additionally. The activity is particularly pronounced for compounds with cyano, methyl, chloro and bromo group. Halogen substituent were superior in antiproliferative capacity particularly in the series of 5,5-diphenylhydantoins.

Simple hydrazides and hydrazones are used as precursors of the required N-substituted isocyanates.

A survey of Lewis acids was conducted to facilitate the formation of arylidenethiohydantoins. The use of indium(III) triflate shows significant advantages in facilitating this reaction. In most examples, the Lewis acid promoted catalysis gave shorter reaction times, higher conversion, and better purity profiles as compared to the traditional uncatalyzed reactions.

We describe here a multicomponent reaction that converts aryl/heteroaryl aldehydes efficiently into arylmethylene 2-thiohydantoins. 3-Formylindole behaves exceptionally giving a gem-diacetylthio derivative. A mechanistic study of the behaviour of 3-formylindole, which provides a new class of indole derivative, is described.

N-(1,5-Dimethyl-3-oxo-2-phenyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)cyanothioformamide was synthesized from the corresponding 4-amino-pyrazole. Various cyanothioformamides were reacted with different arylidenes of cyanothioacetamide to produce either 4-imino-5-thioxo-3-(pyrroline & pyrrolidine)carbonitrile or pyrrolo[3,2-d]thiazole. Interaction of thiohydantoin with the arylidenes of either malononitrile or cyanothioacetamide furnished the same 5-aminothiopyrano[2,3-d]-imidazole-6-carbonitriles. Also, thiohydantoin reacted with the anilide of chloroacetic acid and with anthranilic acid to produce thieno[2,3-d]-imidazole-2-one and imidazo[4,5-b]quinoline-2,9-dione, respectively.

A facile access to 1,3,5-trisubstituted hydantoins is achieved by combining an Ugi four-component condensation with a base-induced cyclization. This two-step sequence, which differs from any other method; is experimentally simple and allows a wide variety in the substitution pattern. In this synthesis the acid component, namely trichloroacetic acid, acts as a carbonic acid equivalent.

Three procedures were used for the synthesis of α-, β, and γ-pyridyl-substituted (5Z)-3-phenyl-5-(pyridylmethylene)-2-thiohydantoins: the reaction of 2-thiohydantoin with the corresponding aldehyde in AcOH in the presence of AcONa, the two-step one-pot synthesis with the use of the same starting compounds, and three-component condensation of aryl isothiocyanate, glycine, and aldehyde in AcOH. Alkylation of the resulting thiohydantoins with iodomethane in the presence of a base afforded the corresponding S-methylated derivatives, viz., 2-methylthio-3-phenyl-5-(pyridylmethylene)-3,5-dihydro-4H-imidazol-4-ones. The structures of (5Z)-3-phenyl-5-(pyridin-2-ylmethylene)-2-thioxoimidazolin-4-one and (5Z)-2-methylthio-3-phenyl-5-(pyridin-2-ylmethylene)-3,5-dihydro-4H-imidazol-4-one were established by X-ray diffraction analysis.

The synthesis of new potential inhibitors of human chymase is described. Treatment of dihydroimidazo[1,5-a]indole and [1,5-b]isoquinoline-dione with thioaryl followed by oxidation gave the N-arylsulfonylmethyl of polycyclic hydantoin derivatives 3, 5 and 6.

The synthetic procedures to obtain indole derivatives with different acidic functions at position 2 of the indole are reported. The synthesised and tested derivatives comprise 5-tetrazolyl, 1,3,4-oxadiazol-5-yl-2-one, and indole-2-carboxylic acid amides with 5-aminotetrazole, methanesulphonamide and trifluoromethanesulphonamide moieties. The binding affinity was evaluated using [3H]MDL 105,519 and pig cortical brain membranes. In general, compounds with acidic functions different from a carboxylic acid moiety are less potent than indole-2-carboxylic acid derivatives. Also, the 4,6-dichloro substitution pattern was compared to 5-tert-butyl derivatives and compounds not substituted in the benzene moiety of the indole, indicating that the affinity increases from 5-tert-butyl over unsubstituted to 4,6-dichloro substituted derivatives.

In the reaction of ethyl isothiocyanatoacetate with diamines, followed by cyclization of the intermediate product, 3-monosubstituted thiohydantoins have been obtained. It was found that the reaction course depends on the purity of the isothiocyanate used and also, in the case of dialkylaminoamines, the self-cyclization occurs. Besides the dialkylamino derivatives of 3-monosubstituted 2-thiohydantoins also new monoalkylamino, amino and heterocyclic derivatives were synthesized. The aryldiazonium derivative of 3-monosubstituted 2-thiohydantoin yielded both respective phenol derivative after hydrolysis and the product of coupling with 2-naphthol.

The characteristic vibrations ( ν CO and ν CC ) of a large number of hydantoin derivatives are reported. Especially the very fine correlations ν CO (sym) versus ν CO (asym) ( r 2 =0.985) but also successful correlations of the vibration wave numbers to HAMMETT's substituent constants and some other experimental parameters (p K s , OxPot, RedPot) as well, corroborate reassignments of previously obtained results [Monatsh. Chem. 92 (1961) 361] and prove the doublet obtained in the region of the CO stretching vibrations to be the symmetrical and anti -symmetrical vibrational modes of a mechanically coupled system of two quasi -symmetrical CO bonds.

The enantioseparation of eighteen new chiral hydantoin derivatives was studied on three different polysaccharide type chiral stationary phases (CSP) Chiralpak AD, Chiralcel OD and Chiralcel OJ in the normal-phase HPLC mode. Chiralpak AD material exhibited the most universal chiral resolving ability and allowed the enantioseparation of 17 out of 18 compounds followed by Chiralcel OD (10 enantioseparations of 12 tested compounds) and Chiralcel OJ (eight enantioseparation from 13 tested analytes). Some complementary separations were observed and all of 18 compounds could be resolved at least with one of the three chiral CSP under the conditions of this study. With regard to the structure of the analytes, bulky electron rich substituents at C5 of the hydantoin nucleus appear to favor stereoselective interactions.

The triethylamine mediated reaction of α-bromoacetamides with N-sulfonyl isocyanates gives urea salts which undergo intramolecular cyclization to N-sulfonyl hydantoins under thermal conditions.

The use of cyclododecanone-protected thiosemicarbazide (I) for the synthesis of highly functionalized 3-amino-2-thiohydantoins (IV) is demonstrated.

Base-promoted facile synthesis of thiohydantoins has been described via intramolecular amidolysis of C-3 functionalized 2-azetidinones. This approach provides a convenient and rapid access to diversely functionalized thiohydantoins compared to conventional protocols.

New 5-substituted hydantoins (III) and (IV) and symmetrical twin-drug type hydantoin derivatives (VII) are synthesized.

An efficient one-pot, two-step sequence starting from azide derivatives is described: first, formation of iminophosphoranes (Staudinger reaction) and condensation with carbon disulfide to form nonisolated isothiocyanates; then, condensation with α-amino esters to provide new N-3-substituted 2-thiohydantoins.

Six new poly (amide-imide)s (6a-f) were prepared under microwave irradiation by polycondensation reaction of diacid chloride (4) with 6 different derivatives of hydantoins (5a-f) using O-cresol as a microwave absorbent. These new PAIs were obtained in high yield and with inherent viscosities between 0.15 and 0.25 dL/g. The resulting poly(amide-imide)s were characterized by elemental analysis, viscosity measurements, thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA & DTG), solubility test, and FT-IR spectroscopy. N-(4-chlorocarbonyl phenyl) trimellitimide acid chloride (4) was prepared by a 2-step reaction. First trimellitic anhydride (1) was reacted with 4-amino benzoic acid (2) in acetic acid solution and the resulting imide-acid [N-(4-carboxy phenyl) trimellitimide] (3) was obtained in high yield. Then diacid (3) was converted to N-(4-chlorocarbonyl phenyl) trimellitimide acid chloride (4) by reaction with thionyl chloride in the presence of pyridine.

A rapid and highly efficient synthesis of 5-substituted hydantoin derivatives is achieved by three-component condensation of carbonyl compounds with KCN and (NH4)2CO3 under ultrasound irradiation conditions.

A cascade of hydantoinase, N -carbamoylase and hydantoinracemase can be used for the production of natural and unnatural chiral d - and l -amino acids from chemically synthesized hydantoin derivatives. Potentially, 100% conversion and 100% optically pure amino acids can be obtained at the same time if racemic substrates are used. Recent research activities concentrate on newly isolated or improved enzymes and include directed evolution techniques, structure elucidation, studies of fusion proteins and the use of specially designed whole cell biocatalysts.

A series of hydantoin derivatives has been discovered as highly potent nonpeptide antagonists for the human CCR5 receptor. The synthesis, SAR, and biological profiles of this class of antagonists are described.

(4 R )-2,3- O -Isopropylidene-methylspiro[4,6-dideoxy-α- l - lyxo -hexopyranosid-4,5′-imidazolidin]-2′,4′-dione and (4 R )-2,3- O -isopropylidene-methylspiro[4,6-dideoxy-β- d - ribo -hexopyranosid-4,5′-imidazolidin]-2′,4′-dione were prepared under various reaction conditions starting from methyl 6-deoxy-2,3- O -isopropylidene-α- l - lyxo -hexopyranosid-4-ulose. Corresponding α-amino acids methyl (4 R )-4-amino-4- C -carboxy-4,6-dideoxy-α- l - lyxo -hexopyranoside and methyl (4 R )-4-amino-4- C -carboxy-4,6-dideoxy-β- d - ribo -hexopyranoside were obtained from the above hydantoins by selective acid hydrolysis of the isopropylidene group, followed by basic hydrolysis of the hydantoin ring. The crystal structures of both hydantoin derivatives are also presented.

We report a case of multiple myeloma in a 48-year-old woman treated with phenytoin for 55 months. This association may be fortuitous. The depressive effect of phenytoin on the immune responses, however, could account for the occurrence of the dysglobulinaemia. This case points out the need for periodic examination of serum proteins in patients chronically treated with hydantoin derivatives.