aDepartment of Chemistry, V.N. Karazin Khar'kov National University, Khar'kov, Ukraine bResearch Institute of Biology, V.N. Karazin Khar'kov National University, Khar'kov, Ukraine cB.I. Verkin Physicotechnical Institute for Low Temperatures, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kharkov, Ukraine
Abstract:
4-(2-Oxoindolin-3-ylidene)-2-phenyl-5(4H)-oxazolone (azlactone) was synthesized as a mixture of E- and Z-isomers by ultrasound-assisted Erlenmeyer–Plöchl reaction between isatin and N-benzoylglycine. Treatment of azlactone with nucleophiles causes opening of its oxazolone moiety.