STUDIES IN URETHANES: V. NEW ACYL DI-URETHANES AND THEIR REACTIONS WITH AMMONIA AND AMINES
Previous studies have shown that oxalyl-, malonyl- and phthalyldi-urethanes are decomposed readily by ammonia and primary amines with the loss of one or both urethane groups and the production of the amides of the dibasic acids, or of urethane-amides, and ureido-amides. Acyldi-ureas were not formed as might have been expected.The present study deals mainly with the preparation and properties of succinyl-, glutaryl-, and adipyldi-urethanes. While with ammonia and ethylamine these yield amides, with aniline they give the acyldi-(phenylureas), which are decomposed by further action of the base into acylanilides, and diphenylurea. The mode of decomposition is strongly influenced by the nature of the acyl radical as well as that of the reacting base. The results may be provisionally generalized in the statement that, with a given base, the tendency of a di-urethane to yield the acid amide is more pronounced the stronger the acid from which the radical is derived, while with a given di-urethane the tendency to amide formation is more pronounced the stronger the reacting base. The formation of acyldi-ureas becomes evident when the di-urethane contains the radical of an acid with an ionization constant of the order of 10−6 or less.