Pyrimidine cleavage

Trypanosoma brucei complex. African trypanosomes of the Trypanosoma brucei complex metabolize pyrimidines in a manner similar to that of Leishmania and T. cruzi (Fig. 6.17). All six enzyme activities for the synthesis of UMP were detected in homogenates of blood trypomastigotes of T.b. brucei (87). In addition, uracil PRTase, cytidine deaminase, and pyrimidine cleavage activities have been detected in cell-free homogenates no uridine kinase activity was detected (94). 

Dimethylisoxazol-5-amine is easily acylated to its formyl derivative (697) which, on catalytic hydrogenation, undergoes ring cleavage and recyclization to yield 5,6-dimethyl-pyrimidin-4(3H)-one (698) other acyl derivatives give analogous 2-substituted pyrimidines... 

The cleavage of fused pyrazines represents an important method of synthesis of substituted pyrazines, particularly pyrazinecarboxylic acids. Pyrazine-2,3-dicarboxylic acid is usually prepared by the permanganate oxidation of either quinoxalines or phenazines. The pyrazine ring resembles the pyridine ring in its stability rather than the other diazines, pyridazine and pyrimidine. Fused systems such as pteridines may easily be converted under either acidic or basic conditions into pyrazine derivatives (Scheme 75). 

Pancreatic RNa.se is an enzyme specific for cleavage where a pyrimidine ba.se lies to die 3 -side of die pho.sphodie.ster it acts endo. The products are oligonucleotides widi pyrimidine-3 -P04 ends ... 

E. C. Taylor and his co-workers have demonstrated an important principle in the ring-opening of pyridopyrimidines and other fused pyrimidine systems to o-aminonitriles. They have demonstrated that based-catalyzed cleavage of a 4-substituted pyrimidine will occur provided that (a) the anion formed by the attack by the base at the 2-position can be stabilized by appropriate structural features in the remainder of the molecule and (b) that the substituent attached to the 4-position is capable of departure with its bonding pair of electrons in... 

Heating the mesoionic l-amino-2-thioxo-l,2,4-triazolo[l,5-c]quinazo-lines 59 with aromatic aldehydes and ethanolic hydrochloric acid resulted in the formation of Schiff bases and simultaneous pyrimidine ring cleavage... 

Hydrolytic fragmentation of the C5-N6 part took place upon heating 7-methyl-5-propyl-2-thioxo-l,2,4-triazolo[l,5-c]pyrimidine (129) with hydrochloric acid. 3-Acetonyl-5-mercapto-l,2,4-triazole (130) and butanoic acid were obtained as a result of N4-C5, C5-N6, and N6-C7 bond cleavages (65JCS3369) (Scheme 50). 

The reaction of the fervenulin 1-oxides 100 with secondary amines results in contraction of the 1,2,4-triazine ring to form 2-amino-5,7-dimethylimidazo[4,5-e] pyrimidine-4,6(5/7,7//)-diones 101. The reaction of the same fervenulin 1-oxides 100 with ammonia leads to the 1,2,4-triazine ring cleavage product, 1,3-dimethyl-5-imino-6-isonitrosouracil 102 (94KGS1253). 

Photolytic cleavage of the substituent in position 1 of 1,2-dihydro-6//-pyrido[],2-n]pyrimidine-2,6-dione 160 with 320nm light gave 6//-pyr-ido[],2-n]pyrimidm-6-one 161 (95MIP1, 96MIP4, 96USP5580872). 

Fig. 19 Synthesis and cyclative cleavage of 2,4,6-trisubstituted pyrimidines using microwave-assisted solid-phase protocol. Reagents and conditions a DMF, camphorsul-phonic acid, MW 80 °C, 30 min, open vessel b EtONa, EtOH/THF (4/1), MW 130 °C, to min, closed vessel. Y = O, NEt2 R = Me, i-Pr R = Et R" = H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, benzyl R" = H, Me, Et...

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