Phenol → 5-(4-Hydroxyphenyl)imidazolidine-2,4-dione

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4.0 g (40 mmol) of hydantoin, 50 ml of dioxane, 5.4 g (40 mmol) of sulfuryl chloride, and 0.01 g of azobisiso-butylonitrile were mixed. The reaction mixture was then stirred at a temperature of 90° C. for 5 hours. The reaction system was then allowed to cool to room temperature. To the reaction system was then added 7.6 g (80 mmol) of phenol. The reaction mixture was then allowed to undergo reaction at a temperature of 80° C. for 5 hours. The resulting precipitate was recovered by filtration, washed with water, recrystallized from water and then dried to obtain 0.41 g (yield: 5.3%) of 5-(p-hydroxyphenyl)hydantoin.

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