V. Nuti, M. Saettone
1970
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Tetrahedron
Abstract
Abstract 4-Methylene-3-phenyloxazolidin-2-one (Ia) reacts with peroxybenzoic (or p -nitroperoxybenzoic) acid to give 4-benzoyloxy- (or 4- p -nitrobenzoyloxy-) 4-hydroxymethyl-3-phenyloxazolidin-2-one (IIIa and IIIb). The said esters were submitted to a variety of transformations, in order to secure proof of their structure. 5,5-Dimethyl- and 5,5-pentamethylene-4-methylene-3-phenyloxazolidin-2-one (Ib and c, respectively), on treatment with the same reagents undergo oxidative fission of the double bond, and transformation into the corresponding 4-oxo derivatives XVIb and c.