Efficient method for the cycloaminomethylation of glycoluril

The efficient method for the cycloaminomethylation of glycoluril to yield 2,6-ditert-butylhexahydro-1H,5H-2,3a,4a,6,7a,8a-hexaazacyclopenta[def]fluorene-4,8-dione is described. The material is synthesized employing water as the solvent, and is isolated by filtration. This is an improvement over the previous reported synthetic method, which relied on the use of samarium trichloride catalysis, as well as silica gel column chromatographic purification to obtain the target product. Published by Elsevier Ltd.