Five-membered 2,3-dioxoheterocycles. 10. Reaction of 5-aryl-2,3-dihydrofuran-2,3-diones with N-substituted ureas and their thio and seleno analogs

3-Aryl-5-phenacylideneimidazolidine-2,4-diones, 3-aryl-5-phenacylidene-4-oxoimidazolidine-2-thiones, and 5-phenacylidene-4-oxoimidazolidine-2-selenones were obtained from 5-aryl-2,3-dihydrofuran-2,3-diones and arylureas, arylthioureas, and selenoureas respectively in glacial acetic acid. In the reaction of 5-aryl-2,3-dihydrofuran-2,3-diones with cyanoguanidine in 98% acetic acid 5-phenacylideneimidazolidine-2,4-diones were isolated, and in anhydrous acetic acid 2-imino-3-amidino-5-phenacylidene-4-oxazolidones were isolated. When heated in a water-dioxane solution of hydrochloric acid, the latter are converted into 5-phenacylideneimidazolidine-2, 4-diones.For Communication 9, see 1].Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 10, pp. 1411–1413, October, 1988.