A Mechanistic Approach to Liquid‐Assisted Mechanochemical Synthesis of 5‐Aryl/Spiro‐[1,2,4]‐triazolidine‐3‐thiones

Abstract 1,3‐dimethylbarbituric acid‐H 2 O mediated liquid assisted mechanochemical route has been developed for the synthesis of a wide array of 5‐aryl/spiro‐1,2,4‐triazolidine‐3‐thiones, via in situ generation of benzylidene/alkylidene barbiturates, followed by tandem, base‐driven Michael addition reaction and rearrangement of the pyrimido[4,5‐e][1,2,4]triazepine intermediate. The method is an application of mechanochemistry in organic synthesis. It is efficient, easy to follow and avoids the tedious steps of catalyst preparation and chromatographic separation. Moreover, the protocol is compared to “on‐water”, room temperature approach and the reaction mechanism has been revisited with the aid of experiments.