Amidines thioureas

Bifunctional nucleophilic reagents, such as ketones, enamines, / -diketones and their derivatives, amidines, thioureas, thioamides, dithiocar-bamates, and others, are very often employed in cyclizations with azine derivatives, resulting in the formation of annelated five-membered cycles (84UK1648 85KGS1011). The structure of all these 1,3-dinucleophiles feature a double bond conjugated with an anionic center or with a heteroatom bearing the lone pair of electrons (Scheme 5). 

Imidazolidines are quite common species, and may be prepared in numerous ways, for example by treatment of a guanidine amidine-thiourea with a 1,2-di-iminium species, or reaction of metallated isocyanides with nitrones, or even by thermolysis of 3-oxazolin-5-ones. The most novel preparation of imidazolidines in 1980 has surely been the work of Coyle et on the... 

The simplest [3 + 3] reactions in the pyridine series involve reaction of o-chloropyridinecarboxylic acid derivatives with three-atom fragments such as urea, thiourea(s), amidines and guanidines, e.g. (240) (241). Examples are known mainly in... 

Several related derivatives have also been utilized in this type of synthesis. Imino-chloromethanesulfenyl chlorides (184), prepared by the controlled addition of chlorine to isothiocyanates, react with amidines (161) to give 1,2,4-thiadiazolines (185) (71T4117). Chlorocarbonylsulfenyl chloride (186), prepared by the hydrolysis of trichloromethanesulfenyl chloride with sulfuric acid, reacted with ureas, thioureas and guanidines to give 1,2,4-thiadiazolidine derivatives (187) <70AG(E)54, 73CB3391). 

When hexafluoroacetone reacts with amides, urethanes [25], thioamides [26], amidines [27], sulfonamides [28, 29], sulfinainides [20], and f),0-dialkyl-amido-phosphates [27], the correspondmg semiamidals are formed m nearly quantitative yield The thermal stabihty of these adducts toward the retro reaction increases with the nucleophihcity of the ammo compound [5] Many polyfluonnated carbonyl compounds react likewise [22 22] On treatment of ureas [34], thioureas [34], thioamides [26], and C,77 diarylatmdmes [27, 25] first with hexa- fluoroacetone and then with dehydratmg agents, heterodienes are obtamed (equation 4)... 

In a similar way, 1,3-dinitrogen systems such as diamines, amidines, guanidines, aminothiazoles, aminopyridines, ureas and thioureas react with alkynyl-carbene complexes generating the corresponding heterocycles. Of particular interest is the reaction with ureas, as the process can be applied to the easy synthesis of pyrimidine derivatives [88] (Scheme 41). 

Amidines and cyclic amidines are also converted into 1,2,4-thiadiazoles by reaction with isothiocyanates, imino-sulfenyl chlorides, di- and trichloromethyl sulfenyl chlorides, and carbon disulfide in the presence of sulfur. Ureas, thioureas, guanidines, carbodiimides, and cyanimides react with chlorocarbonylsulfenyl chloride to produce 1,2,4-thiadiazol-5-one derivatives in another example of a type B synthesis <1996CHEC-II(4)307>. 

Several variations of this synthetic route have been developed. For example, condensation of the methyltriazole (21) with thiourea gives the thiol derivative (22), and reaction with phosphoryl chloride in dimethylformamide converts the amino-amide to a cyano-amidine, which can be reduced to the 4-amino-5-aminomethyl derivative (Scheme 47). ... 

Ethyl 2-ethylthio-4-chloro-5-pyrimidinecarboxylate (XXIIa), as well as the corresponding4-hydroxy-(XXIIb) and 4-amino-(XXIIIa) derivatives, possess-anti-cytogenic activity on Neurospora crassa [223, 224]. Compounds (XXIIIa, b and c) were found to inhibit the conversion of orotic acid to the uridine nucleotides [202]. Ethyl 2-methylthio-4-(halo-substituted anilino)-5-pyrimidinecarboxylates (XXIV), particularly the o-bromo- and the o-chloro- derivatives, substantially inhibit the growth of five experimental mouse tumours (Krebs-2 ascites carcinoma, Ehrlich carcinoma clone 2, leukaemia L-1210, carcinoma 755 and lymphocytic neoplasm P-288) [225]. Compounds of this type are usually prepared by the base catalysed condensation of ethoxymethylenemalonic esters or related derivatives with urea, thiourea, guanidine, or substituted amidine-type analogues [212, 225-237]. 

In most of these reactions, it is nitrogen of a urea, thiourea, isothiourea, or an amidine which is the nucleophile for the addition to an appropriately situated electrophilic carbon. Conditions which enhance the electrophilic character of the carbon, or the nucleophilicity of the nitrogen, promote cyclization. Most commonly, this cyclization is affected by nitrogen addition to the electrophilic / -carbon of a Michael acceptor, and can be performed under acid or basic conditions. 

Many of the most versatile and widely used syntheses of pyrimidines are straightforward examples of [3+3] condensations of amidines, guanidines, ureas and thioureas with 1,3-dielectrophiles, and clearly a considerable measure of control over the degree and nature of the substitution pattern in the final product is possible by appropriate choice of the two three-component units. Representative examples are given in equations (112)—(115), and the use of sulfamide in place of amidines, etc., allows the method to be extended to the synthesis of polyheteroatom systems e.g. equation 116). 

Diketene is of course a masked form of acetoacetic ester, and as such reacts in much the expected manner with a variety of mono- and di-nucleophiles. Aromatic and heteroaromatic amines, and phenols, for example, give acetoacetanilides and aryl acetoacetates the latter can be cyclized in excellent yield to coumarins while reaction of the former with excess of diketene followed by cyclization gives dioxopyridines (e.g. equation 164). Amidines, ureas, thioureas, S- alkylthioureas and carbodiimides also react with diketene to give pyrimidines e.g. equation 165), although in the case of amidines, S- alkylthioureas and carbodiimides the initially formed products are 1,3-oxazines which are converted into pyrimidines on subsequent treatment with acid or base. 

The combination of his-electrophilic and his-nucleophilic components is the basis of general pyrimidine synthesis. A reaction between an amidine (urea or thiourea or guanidine) and a 1,3-diketo compound produces corresponding pyrimidine systems. These reactions are usually facilitated by acid or base catalysis. 

The described procedure is based on the methods of Johnson and Ambler 3 and Anderson et al.,4 as modified by Ulbricht and Price.5 This procedure is illustrative of a general method of preparing pyrimidines, wherein one condenses thiourea, guanidine, or an amidine with alkoxymethylenemalonic esters, alkoxy-methylenecyanoacetic esters, or alkoxymethylenemalononitrile. Kenner and Todd recently reviewed the synthesis of pyrimidines.6... 

Alkyl(or aryl)amino-3-substituted-l,2,4-thiadiazoles (115) are synthesized129 without difficulty from A-substituted-iV -acetimidoyl-(or benzimidoyl)thioureas (114), obtained by condensing amidines and isothiocyanates. 

Amidines, ureas, thioureas, S-alkylisothioureas and carbodiimides (249) also react with diketene (250) to give pyrimidines (e.g. 252). Amidines, S-alkylisothioureas and carbodiimides, however, initially form 1,3-oxazines (e.g. 251) which are converted into pyrimidines on subsequent treatment with acid or base. 

The reaction between amidines and N-chlorocarbonyl isocyanate gives the ionic compounds (133 Scheme 71). If the amidine is replaced by a urea, the 1,3-disubstituted isocyanurate (134) is formed in very good yield. Even potentially labile substituents, e.g. f-butyl, survive this reaction intact. Thioureas also may be used they form salts (135) which... 

Carbamate-bound guanidines have been prepared by the condensation of amines with thioureas linked to insoluble supports as carbamates [519]. The direct reaction of guanidines with resin-bound carbonates or other alkoxycarbonylating agents requires the use of chloroformates or other reactive carbonic acid derivatives [520,521], Carbamate-bound amidines (Entries 7 and 8, Table 3.28) have been prepared by the reaction of amidines with resin-bound 4-nitrophenyl carbonates (0.9 mol/L amidine in DMF/DIPEA, > 4 h [522-524]). 

As already mentioned at the beginning of this chapter, one of the facile methods for the synthesis of dihydropyrimidine derivatives is the treatment of oc,(3-unsaturated carbonyls with urea and its analogues—thiourea, guanidine and amidines. However, the majority of the publications have dealt with syntheses involving thiourea. Most likely is the possibility of the modification of 3,4-dihydropyrimidine-2-thiones or their heteroaromatized analogues, which produces a diverse class of heterocycles. The reagent involved in this modification process can act like a,(3-unsaturated carbonyls [16] (Scheme 3.9). 

Where R4 is a hydrogen or carbon atom, 10.15 is simply an amidine. However, urea 10.16, thiourea 10.17, or guanidine 10.18 and their derivatives may be used. These nucleophiles may be condensed with ester and nitrile functionalities as well as with aldehydes and ketones. Such condensations to afford pyridimidine derivatives are usually facilitated by acid or base catalysis, although certain combinations of reactive electrophilic and nucleophilic compounds require no catalyst at all. Some examples are shown below. 

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