2,4-Oxazolidinedione is an organic compound with the formula HN(CO)2OCH2. It is a white solid. The parent ring is not particularly important, but this core structure is found in a variety anticonvulsant drugs. The parent compound is obtained by treating chloroacetamide with bicarbonate.[2]
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| Preferred IUPAC name
1,3-Oxazolidine-2,4-dione | |
| Other names
2,4-Oxazolidenedione
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3D model (JSmol)
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CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
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| Properties | |
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| Molar mass | 101.061 g·mol−1 |
| Appearance | white solid |
| Melting point | 89–90 °C (192–194 °F; 362–363 K) |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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See also
edit- Glycine N-carboxyanhydride, the parent 2,5-oxazolidinedione
References
edit- ^ Traube, Wilhelm; Ascher, Richard (1913). "Über das Isohydantoin 2-Imino-4-keto-tetrahydro-oxazol und seine Homologen" [About the isohydantoin (?) of 2-imino-4-keto-tetrahydro-oxazole and its homologues]. Berichte der Deutschen Chemischen Gesellschaft (in German). 46 (2): 2077–2084. doi:10.1002/cber.191304602124.
- ^ Cesa, Stefania; Mucciante, Vittoria; Rossi, Leucio (1999). "Tetraethylammonium hydrogen carbonate in organic synthesis: Synthesis of oxazolidine-2,4-diones". Tetrahedron. 55: 193–200. doi:10.1016/S0040-4020(98)01025-4.
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