7- Amino-2- imidazo pyrimidine

Almost accidentally, Bienayme and Bouzid discovered that heterocyclic amidines 9-76 as 2-amino-pyridines and 2-amino-pyrimidines can participate in an acid-catalyzed three-component reachon with aldehydes and isocyanides, providing 3-amino-imidazo[l,2-a]pyridines as well as the corresponding pyrimidines and related compounds 9-78 (Scheme 9.15) [55]. In this reachon, electron-rich or -poor (hetero)aromatic and even sterically hindered aliphatic aldehydes can be used with good results. A reasonable rahonale for the formation of 9-78 involves a non-con-certed [4+1] cycloaddition between the isocyanide and the intermediate iminium ion 9-77, followed by a [1,3] hydride shift. 

Mandair, G. S., Light, M., Russell, A., Hursthouse, M., Bradley, M. Re-evaluation of the outcome of a multiple component reaction-2- and 3-amino-imidazo[1,2-a]pyrimidines Tetrahedron Lett. 2002,43,4267-4269. 

Reaction of 2 equiv of 2-aminopyridines with 2-hydropolyfluoroalk-2-anoates 351 in MeCN in the presence of NEts at 90 °C for 50 h afforded a mixture of the isomeric 2-oxo-2H- and 4-oxo-4//-pyrido[l,2-n]pyrimidines 110 and 111. Reaction of 3 equiv of 2-amino-pyridines and 2-hydropoly-fluoroalk-2-enoates 351 in MeCN in the presence K2CO3 could be accelerated by ultrasonic irradiation (125W). 2-Amino-6-methylpyridine yielded only 2-substituted 6-methyl-4//-pyrido[l,2-n]pyrimidin-4-ones 111 (R = 6-Me), whereas 2-amino-5-bromopyridine gave a mixture of 7-bromo-4//-pyrido[l,2-n]pyrimidin-4-one (111, R = 7-Br, R = CF2C1) and 2-(chlor-o,difluoromethyl)-6-bromoimidazo[l, 2-n]pyrimidine-3-carboxylate in 44 and 8% yields, respectively (97JCS(P 1)981). Reactions in the presence of K2CO3 in MeCN at 90°C for 60h afforded only imidazo[l,2-n]pyrimidine-3-carboxylates. 

Aldehydes and the corresponding 2-aminopyridine, pyrazine, or pyrimidine are admixed in presence of a catalytic amount of clay (50 mg) to generate iminium intermediate. Isocyanides are subsequently added to the same container and the reactants are further exposed to MW to afford the corresponding imidazo[l,2-a]pyridines, imi-dazo[l,2-a]pyrazines and imidazo[l,2-a]pyrimidines (Scheme 6.48). The process is general for all the three components, e. g. aldehydes (aliphatic, aromatic and vinylic), isocyanides (aliphatic, aromatic and cyclic) and amines (2-aminopyridine, 2-amino-pyrazine and 2-aminopyrimidine). A library of imidazo[l,2-a]pyridines, imidazo[l,2-ajpyrazines and imidazo[l,2-a]pyrimidines can be readily obtained by varying the three components [151]. 

Compound 642, obtained by condensation of glyoxal with benzotriazole and morpholine undergoes interesting [2+3] cyclocondensation with 2-aminopyridine to give imidazo[l,2- ]pyridine 643 (Equation 15) <2003JOC4935>. Similar derivatives of piperidine and pyrrolidine are also described. 2-Amino- and 6-aminopyrimidines react similarly to give imidazo[l,2- ]- and imidazoll - pyrimidines, respectively. 

An efficient one-pot synthesis of some novel azolo[l,5-a]pyrimidines, via enaminonitriles, has been described <00SC1985>. The utility of 3-aminocinnamonitrile in the synthesis of new pyrazolo[l,5-a]pyrimidines has been reported <00ZN(B)321>. The synthesis of novel arylaminopyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidin-4-ones has been described <99IJC(B)1075>. The synthesis and properties of a-Thiagra, a substituted 5-(2-thienyl)pyrazolo[4,3-d]pyrimidin-7-one bioisostere of Viagra, have been described <00H(53)2643>. Imidazo[4,5-b]pyrazines are obtained by the reaction of 4-amino- 5-imino-imidazole derivatives with acetophenone dimethylacetal . 

The reaction of 2-amino-l-methylimidazole hydrochloride and EMME by heating in boiling ethanol in the presence of excess triethylamine overnight gave imidazo[l,2-tf]pyrimidine-6-carboxylate (1115, R = H) in 47% yield [82IJC(B)1030]. The similar reaction with 5-nitro-2-amino-1-methyl-imidazole yielded only a condensation product (1114, R = N02), which... 

The one-step synthesis of further tri- and tetracyclic pteridine derivatives from 2-aminopyrazine 153 has also been described <2001JHC1173>. Cyclic analogues of A -[bis(methylthio)methylene]amino reagents such as 2-(methylthio)-2-thiazoline, 5,6-dihydro-2-(methylthio)-4//-l,3-thiazine, 2-(methylthio)-2-imidazoline, 2-(methylthio)-l,4,5,6-tetrahydro-pyrimidine, 2-(methylthio)-2-pyrazine, and 2-chloropyrimidine reacted with aminopyrazine 153 to afford thiazolo/thia-zino[2,3-3]- 159 ( = 1 (53%), n = 2 (42%)), imidazo/pyrimidino[2,l-/ ]- 160 ( = 1 (53%), = 2 (57%)), pyrazino[2,l-/ ]-161 (21%), and pyrimido[2,l-/ ]-pteridine 162 (42%) derivatives, respectively. 

Reactions with methylphenylcyclopropenone (154) provided an opportunity to compare the reactivities of the two different C—CO bonds. The reaction of 2-aminopyridines with methylphenylcyclopropenone (154) proceeded more slowly than with the diphenyl analog (153). In ether, formation of the ds-2-oxopyrido[l,2-a]pyrimidines (158 R1 = Me) and/or the imidazo[l,2-c<]pyridines (162) was observed, indicating that the cycloaddition proceeds via cleavage of the PhC—CO bond. The methyl-substituted trans-2-oxopyrido[l,2-a]pyrimidine (160 R1 = Me) was only detected in the reaction mixture of 2-amino-3-methylpyridine, where the H NMR spectrum exhibited signals assigned to 160 (R1 = Me, R = 9-Me). The compound was not isolated. The imidazo[l,2-a]pyridines (162) readily hydrolyzed to the acids (163), work-up therefore leading mainly to isolation of the acids. 

Pyrazolo[l,5-a]pyrimidines and imidazo[l,2-fc]pyrazoles have been prepared from phosphine derivatives of 5-amino-3-phenylpyrazole in aza-Wittig reactions with selected a -chloroketones. 24°... 

Data exists for reactions of benzylidenepyruvic acid 26 with 6-chloropyrida-zin-3-amine 309 and with 2-amino-6-(4-methoxyphenyl)-4-oxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahy-dropyrimidine-5-carbonitrile 311 leading to imidazo[l,2-Z ]pyridazine 310 [242] and pyrimido[l,2- ]pyrimidine-2-carboxylic acid 312 [243] (Scheme 3.85). 

The reaction of 4,5-diphenylimidazole-1,2-diamine 152 with substituted chalcones 153 in dimethylformamide for 1 h proceeds with the elimination of the hydrazine amino group, oxidation and formation of the appropriate 2,3,5,7-tetraaryl-5,6-dihydroimidazo[l,2-a]pyrimidin-6-ol 154 in low or moderate yields [126] (Scheme 4.47). The treatment of the same diamine with dibromo derivatives 155 produced imidazo[l,2-a]pyrimidines 156 [126]. 

A mixture of 3-(2-bromoethyl)-2-methyl-pyrido[l,2-a]pyrimidin-4-one monohydrobromide, 3-furan-2-yl-methyl-(3H-imidazo[4,5-b]pyridine-2yl)-4-piperidinyl)-amine dihydrobromide, of sodium carbonate and of N,N-dimethylformamide was stirred and heated overnight at about 70°C. The reaction mixture was poured onto water. The product was extracted with trichloromethane. The extract was dried, filtered and evaporated. The residue was purified by column chromatography over silica gel using a mixture of trichloromethane and methanol (94 6 by volume), saturated with ammonia, as eluent. The pure fractions were collected and the eluent was evaporated. The residue was crystallized from acetonitrile, yielding 3-(2-(4-((3-(2-furanylmethyl)-3H-imidazo[4,5-b]pyridin-2-yl)amino)-l-piperidinyl)ethyl)-2-methyl-4H-pyrido[l,2-a]pyrimidin-4-one melting point 202°C. 

Tu and co-workers [103] have elaborated an efficient microwave-assisted synthesis of 4,5-bis-phenyl substituted benzo[4,5]imidazo[l,2-a]pyrimidines 59 through a MCR of an aromatic aldehyde with 1,2-diphenylethanone and 2-amino-benzimidazole. PEG-300 was used as an inexpensive, nontoxic, and recyclable reaction medium which can be reused up to three times without reduction of the product yield although a weight loss of 10% PEG was observed per cycle (Scheme 43). 

Solid-phase syntheses of pyrimidines continue to appear at a rapid pace. A solid-phase synthesis of 4-(2-amino-6-phenylpyrimidin-4-yl)benzamide was directly scaled up in excellent yields and high purity <03OPRD553>. The synthesis of imidazo[l,2-a]pyrimidines 59 via condensation of a solid-supported a-bromoketone and 2-aminopyridines was reported <03TL6265>. Pyrimido[4,5-t/]pyrimidine-2,4(l//,3W) diones have been accessed via a versatile solid-phase synthetic route <03S1739>. A microwave-assisted solid support synthesis of 5-methyl-6-ethylcarboxyIate-2-thioxothieno[3,2-iflpyrimidine-4(l//)-ones from 2-amino-3,5-diethyl carboxylate-4-methylthiophene and monosubstituted thioureas was reported <03BKC1038>. 

The microwave assisted hydrazinolysis of substituted imidazo[l,2-a]pyrimidine (x) gave way to mono (xi) and disubstituted (xii) 2-amino-IH-imidazoles [14]. 

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