Synthesis of 2-oxohexahydrothieno[3,4-d]imidazole derivatives

Conclusions We synthesized the cis-3- and 4-methyl-2-oxo-6-(-carboxybutyl) hexahydro 3,4-d]-imidazoles by the reduction of the 3- and 4-methyl-2-oxo-2,3-dihydro-6-(carboxybutyl)-1H-thieno 3,4-d] imidazoles with HSiEt₃ in CF₃COOH and subsequent alkaline hydrolysis of the intermediate methyl ethers.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 7, pp. 1634–1636, July, 1980.The authors express their gratitude to Prof. A. Mark (France) for supplying the sample of 2-oxo-4-methyl-6-(6-carboxybutyl)hexahydrothieno3,4-d]imidazole.