Oxazol-5(4
H)-ones I, compounds derived by
cyclization of
N-acyl α-amino
carboxylic acids,
RC(=O)NHCR2C(=O)OH,
through formal loss of the elements of water. 4-Hydrocarbylideneazlactones II are
often referred to as '
unsaturated azlactones'.
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307
(Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on
structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995))
on page 1321