3-(2-Chlorobenzyl)-2-thioxoperhydropyrimidin-4-one.

The article presents information related to the organic compound 3-(2-Chlorobenzyl)-2-thioxoperhydro-pyrimidin-4-one. The tetrahydropyrimidine ring of the compound adopts a half-chair conformation. The derivatives of uracil and thiouracil are known for their varied bioactivity. Lenacil, bromacil, butafenacil, flupropacil, isocil and terbacil are widely used as herbicides. Some of them possess antidiabetic activity. This led researchers to pay more attention to the synthesis and structure determination of these compounds.