Lactam and amide acetals. 52. Reaction of dimethylformamide diethylacetal with 2,2-dimethyl-4,6-dioxo-1,3-dioxane (Meldrum's acid)

Depending on the conditions of carrying out the reaction of dimethylformamide diethylacetal with the Meldrum's acid, either 2,2-dimethyl-4,6-dioxo-5-(N,N-dimethyl-aminomethylene)-1,3-dioxane or N,N,N¹N¹-tetramethylformamidinium salt of 2,2-dimethyl-4,6-dioxo-5-(2,2-dimethyl-4,6-dioxo-1,3-dioxan-5-yl)methylene-1,3-di-oxane are formed. The two compounds can react with primary amines to form N-substituted 2,2-dimethyl-4.,6-dioxo-5-aminomethylene-1,3-dioxanes.For Communication 51, see 1].Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 184–187, February, 1988.