Pyridopyrimidines, nucleophilic substitution

As in the pyridopyrimidines, selective nucleophilic substitution reactions at reactive ring positions have been a fruitful source of pyridopyridazines. 

Pyrido[3,4-d]pyrimidine-2,4-dione synthesis, 3, 215 Pyridopyrimidines, 3, 201 iV-alkylations, 3, 206 biological activity, 3, 260-261 1-electron reductions, 3, 207 IR spectra, 3, 204 mass spectra, 3, 204 MO calculations, 3, 204 NMR, 3, 202, 203 nucleophilic substitution, 3, 213 8-nucleosides synthesis, 3, 206 physical properties, 3, 201-205 protonation, 3, 206 radical reactions, 3, 215 reactions with water, 3, 207 reduced... 

A large number of nucleophilic substitution reactions involving interconversions of pyridopyrimidines have been reported, the majority of which involve substituents in the pyrimidine ring. This subject has been reviewed previously in an earlier volume in this series which dealt with the theoretical aspects of nucleophilic re-activiti in azines, and so only a summary of the nucelophilic displacements of the substituent groups will be given here. In general, nucleophilic substitutions occur most readily at the 4-position of pyrido-... 

Triazanaphthalene (449) is the most unstable of the pyrido-pyrimidines to ring-degradation at pH 2 or pH 7.7 The 4-oxo derivative was converted into the 4-thioxo compound via nucleophilic displacement of the acyloxy intermediate formed with phosphorus pentasulfide. The 4-carboxymethylthio-pyridopyrimidine underwent some substitution by hydroxide ion but primarily gave the ring-opening reaction, which is facilitated by resonance activation of the 2-position by the 6-aza moiety. 

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