TETRAKIS(HYDROXYMETHYL)GLYCOLURIL IN <i>N</i>-METHYLENATION REACTIONS WITH ARYLAMINES
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1007/5451Keywords:
aminals, arylamines, formaldehyde, tetrakis(hydroxymethyl)glycoluryl, dehydroxymethylation, HPLC.Abstract
This work shows for the first time the use of tetrakis(hydroxymethyl)glycoluril in the melt N-methylenation reactions of arylamines, based on the ability of tetrakis(hydroxymethyl)glycoluril to eliminate a formaldehyde molecule. It was shown by HPLC that tetrakis-(hydroxymethyl)glycoluril under the studied conditions is subject to dehydroxymethylation processes.