Group 13 sulfides hydrazine derivatives

The chloromethylpyrimido[5,4-( ]-l,2,4-triazine 86 is an extremely versatile starting material (see Section 10.20.7.2, Equation 12) and was synthesized from the commercially available thiol 151 as shown in Scheme 25. Thus, 6 -methylation of compound 151 gave the sulfide 152, which was nitrosated to allow access to the nitroso-thiomethyl derivative 153. Nucleophilic substitution of the thiomethyl group by hydrazine gave the cyclization precursor 154, which underwent cyclization with chloroacetaldehyde diethyl acetal under acidic conditions to give the chloro-methylpyrimido[5,4-( ]-l,2,4-triazine 86 after workup with aqueous ammonia <2003BML2895>. 

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