Meldrum's acid and its analogs

2-Substituted or 2,2-disubstituted 4,6-dioxo-1,3-dioxanes, which are analogs of Meldrum's acid and were obtained by reaction of malonic acid with acetic anhydride and the appropriate carbonyl compound in the presence of sulfuric acid, exist in solution preferably in a single form according to the PMR and ¹³C NMR spectral data. Fluctuation of the CH₂ group is not observed. The mass spectra are characteristic and are distinguished by splitting out of the carbonyl compound from the molecular ion or successive splitting out of CO₂ and ketene molecules. The Meldrum acid analogs do not affect plant growth but have a depressive effect on the central nervous system of animals and low toxicity.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 11, pp. 1482–1486, November, 1975.     

Effect of bases on 1,3,4-thiadazolo[3,2-a] pyrimidinium salts

1,3,4-Thiadiazolo[3,2-a]pyrimidinium salts are converted by the action of bases to 2-thiocyanopyrimidines, which were also obtained from 2-amino-1,3,4-thiadiazole and -diketones, thus bypassing the step involving the isolation of the pyrimidinum salts.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 12, pp. 1660–1661, December, 1974.