Institute of Organic Synthesis, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
Abstract:
The title compounds 2-(8-quinolinoxy)-4 H -imidazolin-4-ones(4) were synthesized by means of base catalytic reactions of 8-hydroxyquinoline with each of carbodiimides 2, which were obtained via aza-Wittig reactions of iminophosphoranes 1 with the corresponding aromatic isocyanates.