JOURNAL OF THE IRANIAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, cilt.11, sa.1, ss.35-45, 2014 (SCI-Expanded)
Reaction of symmetrical and unsymmetrical (thio)barbituric acids with aldehydes in the presence of triethylamine afforded a new form of bis-(thio)barbiturate containing charge-separated inter- and eight-membered intramolecular H-bonds. The reaction products were obtained as bis-(thio)barbiturates containing eight-membered intramolecular H-bond in the presence of l-(+)-tartaric acid (TA). The intramolecular H-bond strength (kcal/mol) and corresponding pKa value for 4ab' were estimated to be 37 kcal/mol and -1.3, respectively.