Synthesis of 3,5-disubstituted 1-amino-1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-triones (or 1-aminocyanurates) by cyclic transformation of 1,3,4-oxadiazol-2(3H)-one derivatives

The 5-aryl(or methyl)-3-phenylcarbamoyl-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2(3H)-ones 2, in the presence of sodium hydride in anhydrous dimethylformamide, were transformed into 1-benzamido(or acetamido)-3,5-diphenyl-1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-trione derivatives 7 in poor yields. However, compounds 7 were obtained in better yields when the sodium salts of 5-aryl(or methyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2(3H)-ones 1 were treated with two equivalents of aryl(or ethyl)isocyanates. Acidic hydrolysis of 1-acetamido-3,5-diphenyl-1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-trione (7i) provided the corresponding free N-amino derivative 9. Nitrous deamination of 9 gave the known 3,5-diphenyl-1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-trione (11). This cyclic transformation is the first one to be reported providing 1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-trione derivatives.