6-Hydroxy-4-imino-4//-pyrido pyrimidine

The 3-formyl group of 8-substituted 3-formyl-2-hydroxy-4//-pyrido[l,2-n]pyrimidin-4-one was reacted with (cyanomethyl)- and (terr-butoxycarbo-nylmethylene)triphenylphosphorane in THF, and with 5-aminotetrazole in boiling MeOH for 9h to yield ( )-3-propenenitrile, terr-butyl ( )-3-propenoate and 3-[(2//-tetrazol-5-yl)imino]methyl derivatives, respectively (OlMIPl). 

The reaction of 2-aminopyridine hydrochlorides and allenic nitriles either neat at 90°C for 20 hours or in boiling methylene chloride for 15 hours afforded unstable 2-imino-2//-pyrido[l,2-a]pyrimidine hydrochlorides 71, which could be isolated as hydrates in about 50% yield [88JCS(P1)975]. If the reactions were carried out in boiling 95% ethanol for 72 hours, the initially formed 2-imino-2//-pyrido[ 1,2-a Ipyrimidines 71 were hydrolyzed and 2-pyridyl ketones 73 could be isolated. Under the latter conditions 3-hydroxy-2-aminopyridine gave 2-iminopyridopyrimidines 74, which were stabilized by the formation of zwitterionic structures (Scheme 5). [Earlier the ring-opened products 73 (R = H, 3-NH2) were described as a 4-imino-4/7-pyrido[ 1,2-a]pyrimidine derivative 72 (81TL4127)]. 

Heating (2-pyridyl)aminomethylenecyanoacetates 161 and (2-pyri-dyl)aminomethylenemalononitrile 163 gave 6-hydroxy-4-imino-4//-pyrido[l,2-a]pyrimidines 165 and 166, respectively (86T3537). 

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