2- Bromomethyl-6-bromo-477-pyrido

Cyclocondensation of 2-amino-6-bromopyridine and 4-chloroacetoace-tate in PPA at 100 °C for 4h afforded a mixture of 2-chloromethyl-, 2-bromomethyl-6-bromo-, and 2-chloromethyl-, 2-bromomethyl-6-chloro-4//-pyrido[l,2-n]pyrimidin-4-ones in 84% yield (99JHC1065). The pyrido-[l, 2-a]pyrimidin-4-ones were separated by preparative reversed phase HPFC. The pure 2-bromomethyl-6-bromo-4//-pyrido[l,2-n]pyrimi-din-4-one was prepared from 2-amino-6-bromopyridine with ethyl 4-bromoacetoacetate in 63% yield. Reaction of 2-aminomethylpyridines and ethyl 4-chloroacetoacetate in PPA at 110°C gave 2-chloromethyl-4//-pyrido[l,2-n]pyrimidin-4-ones (95FFS69, 01H(55)535). 

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