Efficient synthesis of new 4-arylideneimidazolin-5-ones related to the GFP chromophore by 2+3 cyclocondensation of arylideneimines with imidate ylides

Article abstract of DOI:10.1055/s-0029-1218796

A 2+3 condensation of a wide assortment of Schiff bases, prepared from aromatic aldehydes and primary amines, with methyl (1-ethoxyethylideneamino) acetate allows convenient access to an extensive family of substituted 4-arylideneimidazolin-5-one analogues of the green fluorescent protein (GFP) chromophore. Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York.