2.3- Dihydro-1,2,4-triazolo pyrimidines

Two types of addition to pyrimidine bases appear to exist. The first, the formation of pyrimidine photohydrates, has been the subject of a detailed review.251 Results suggest that two reactive species may be involved in the photohydration of 1,3-dimethyluracil.252 A recent example of this type of addition is to be found in 6-azacytosine (308) which forms a photohydration product (309) analogous to that found in cytosine.253 The second type of addition proceeds via radical intermediates and is illustrated by the addition of propan-2-ol to the trimethylcytosine 310 to give the alcohol 311 and the dihydro derivative 312.254 The same adduct is formed by a di-tert-butyl peroxide-initiated free radical reaction. Numerous other photoreactions involving the formation by hydrogen abstraction of hydroxyalkyl radicals and their subsequent addition to heterocycles have been reported. Systems studied include 3-aminopyrido[4,3-c]us-triazine,255 02,2 -anhydrouri-dine,256 and sym-triazolo[4,3-fe]pyridazine.257 The photoaddition of alcohols to purines is also a well-documented transformation. The stereospecific addition of methanol to the purine 313, for example, is an important step in the synthesis of coformycin.258 These reactions are frequently more... 

Some interesting fused 1,2,3-triazole ring systems have been reported. A series of 5-piperidyl-substituted 7-hydroxy-3f/-l,2,3-triazolo[4,5-d]pyrimidines 143 has been synthesized from pipecolinate esters, benzylazides, and cyanoacetamide <06CHE246>. 4-Alkylidene-5,6-dihydro-4//-pyrrolo-[l,2-c][l,2,3]triazoles 144 were prepared from alkylidenecyclopropanes via diiodogenation/Cu(I)-catalyzed 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition/intra-molecular Heck reaction sequence <06SL1446>. 6,6-Dimethyl-2-phenyl-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-27/-benzotriazol-4-one 145 were prepared from A-(5,5-dimethyl-3-oxocyclohexenyl)-S,S-diphenylsulfilimine and... 

Dipolar cycloaddition of diarylnitrileimines, obtained from the reaction of Af-aryl-4-substituted benzhydrazonoyl chlorides with triethylamine, onto pyrimidines (40), afforded the corresponding l,3-diaryl-l,8a-dihydro-l,2,4-triazolo[4,3-a]pyrimidines (41) (94LA1005) (Scheme 19). 

Schiff bases (112) derived from 4-chlorobenzaldehyde and 1-substituted-5-amino-3-methylthio-l,2,4-triazoles (111) underwent cyclization with phe-noxyacetyl chloride or dichloroacetic acid in the presence of phosphoryl chloride and dimethylformamide to give the 7-(4-chlorophenyl)-fram-6,7-dihydro-3-methylthio-6-phenoxy-l-substituted-l,2,4-triazolo[4,3-a]pyrimidin-5-one 113 and l-substituted-6-chloro-7-(4-chlorophenyl)-3-methylthio 1,2,4-triazolo[4,3-a]pyrimidin-5-one 114, respectively (88JHC173) (Scheme 47). 

The mass spectra of l,2,4-triazolo[4,3-a]pyrimidines showed, mainly, their molecular ion peaks [83S44 88JCS(P1)351 94LA1005]. The mass spectra of l,8a-dihydro-l,3,7-trisubstituted-l,2,4-triazolo[4,3-a]pyrimidines 41 revealed a common peak of the nitrileimine 159 (94LA1005). 

Cyclization of 3-alkoxyacrolein, 5,6-dihydro-4//-pyran-3-carboxaldhyde, or unsaturated ketones with 27 in the presence of a base afforded the triazolo[l,5-a]pyrimidine derivatives 72 or 73 (80USP4209621 83S44 91 USP4988812). Reaction of 74 with 27 in the presence of AcOH gave 75 (84USP4444774 86USP4582833) (Scheme 17). 

R1 = R2 = H) gave the triazolo[l,5-a]pyrimidines (125), but with 124 (R1 = R2 = Me) afforded the dioxo derivative 126, and with a-cyano- y-butyrolactones (127) or 2-amino-3-ethoxycarbonyl-5,6-dihydro-4//-thiopyran (129) gave the triazolopyrimidines 128 and 130, respectively (81JHC1287). Treatment of 4-ethoxymethylene-2-phenyl-5(4//)-oxazolone (131) with 5-amino-3-methylthio-l//-1,2,4-triazoles gave the triazolo[l,5-a]pyrimidi-none 132 and the [4,3-a] isomer 133 (93H955) (Scheme 24). 

The monoclinic crystal structure of 5,7-diphenyl-7-methyl-4,7-dihydro-l,2,4-triazolo[l,5-a]pyrimidine showed the presence of steric strain and a... 

Methyl-5-oxo-l,5-dihydro-8-carbamoyl-l,2,4-triazolo[4,3-c]pyrimidines 577 and 578 were prepared by the cyclization of 576 with acetic anhydride and ethyl oxalate, respectively (89PHA604).The 4-methyl-l,2-dihydropyra-zolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine-3,6-dione 579 also was obtained in the latter case, as a consequence of breaking the amide bond and releasing the amine moiety. Coupling ethyl dithioacetate and 5-chloro-4-hydrazinopyrimidine (580) afforded the triazolo[4,3-c]pyrimidine 581 (89H239) (Scheme 114). 

Cyclocondensation of aminoazoles and a,(3-unsaturated carbonyl compounds or Mannich bases is the most common method for the synthesis of dihydroa-zolopyrimidines [99, 155, 156, 157]. Various alkyl- and aryl-substituted dihy-dropyrimidines were prepared in this way. For example, cyclocondensation of 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole 147 with chalcones 148 leads to 5,7-diaryl-4,7-dihydro-l,2,4-triazolo[l,5-a]pyrimidines 149 [158], while reaction with hydrochlorides of Mannich bases 150 leads to heterocycles 151 (Scheme 3.46). 

Dihydropyridines containing at position 3 a carbonyl group similar to oc,(3-unsaturated ketones can be involved in cyclocondensation reactions with 1,2-binucleophiles. Dihydropyridine 376 treated with hydroxylamine yields isoxazoline derivatives 377 [363, 382, 383, 384, 385, 386] (Scheme 3.122). Dihydro-l,2,4-triazolo[l,5- ]pyrimidine 378 reacts with hydrazine and hydroxylamine in the same manner, giving the condensation products 379 [387]. 

Increasing the electron-donor properties of the R, substituent in the case of dihydro derivatives of 1,2,4-triazolo[l, 5-a]pyrimidines [X, Z are N, Y is C(R)], tetrazolo[l, 5-a]pyrimidines (X, Y, Z are N), and pyrimidofl, 2-a]benzimidazoles (X, Y are o-C() I4, Z is N) tends to stabilize the B form. This can be explained by the conjugation of Rj with the electron-withdrawing azomethine group and the azole moiety. Reduction of the electron-accepting properties of the azole fragment (imidazopyrimidines and pyrazolopyrimidines) decreases the influence of the Ri substituent on tautomeric composition. 

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