Urech hydantoin synthesis

Urech hydantoin synthesis
Named after	Friedrich Urech
Reaction type	Ring forming reaction

The Urech hydantoin synthesis is the chemical reaction of amino acids with potassium cyanate and hydrochloric acid to give hydantoins.^[1][2]

The Urech hydantoin synthesis

Reaction mechanism

Urech Hydantoin synthesis

See also

• Bucherer–Bergs reaction

References

1. Urech, Friedrich (1873). "XXI. Ueber Lacturaminsäure und Lactylharnstoff". Liebigs Ann. 165: 99. doi:10.1002/jlac.18731650110.
2. Ware, Elinor (1950). "The Chemistry of the Hydantoins". Chem. Rev. 46 (3): 403–70. doi:10.1021/cr60145a001. PMID 24537833.

External links

• [1] English translation of 1873 German article 'on lactyl amino acids and lactyl ureas' by Friedrich Urech