Synthesis and recyclization of 6-benzyl-3a,4,5,6,7,7a-hexahydro-3a-hydroxy-7a-methyl-2-thioxo-5-phenyloxazolo[5,4-c]pyridines

The corresponding oxazolo5,4-c]pyridines were obtained in the reaction of stereoisomeric 1-benzyl-3-hydroxy-3-methyl-6-phenyl-4-piperidines with potassium thiocyanate in acetic acid and rearranged into 6-benzyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-1-methyl-3-thioxo-7-phenyloxazolo3,4-c]pyrimidine by boiling in o-xylene. It was shown that the rearrangement is reversible.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 9, pp. 1262–1265, September, 1992.