Unusual course of the reaction of N-(tosylmethyl)thiourea and N-(azidomethyl)thiourea with sodium enolate of dimedone

The end product of the reaction of N-(tosylmethyl)thiourea or N-(azidomethyl)thiourea with sodium enolate of dimedone is bis(2-hydroxy-4,4-dimethyl-6-oxocyclohex-1-enyl)methane (methylenebisdimedone) instead of the expected 8a-hydroxy-7,7-dimethyl-2-thioxoperhydroquinazolin-5-one.M. V. Lomonosov State Academy of Fine Chemical Technology, Moscow 117571, Russia; Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 70–72, January, 2000.