Pyrimidines rearrangement

Apparently triazolo[4,3-c]pyrimidine rearranges readily into the more stable isomer triazolo[l,5-c]pyrimidine. A detailed study on related systems showed that electronic and steric factors are mainly responsible for this rearrangement (78AJC2505 90T3897 92KGS225) (Scheme 102). 

Table 10.17. Rate constants of isopyrimidine (Schuchmann et al. 1984a) -> pyrimidine rearrangements at 20 °C. ...

Conversion of 5-allylthioimidates into /V-allylthioamides is catalyzed by Pd(Il). 2-Allylthiopyridine (820) is converted into the less stable l-allyl-2-thio-pyridone 821 owing to Pd complex formation[509], Claisen rearrangement of 2-(allylthio)pyrimidin-4-(3//)-one (822) affords the A-l-allylation product 823 as the main product rather than the A -3-allylation product 824[510] The smooth rearrangement of the allylic thionobenzoate 825 to the allyl thiolo-benzoate 826 is catalyzed by both PdCl2(PhCN)2 and Pd(Ph3P)4 by different mechanisms[511],... 

The pathways for thiamine biosynthesis have been elucidated only partiy. Thiamine pyrophosphate is made universally from the precursors 4-amino-5-hydroxymethyl-2-methylpytimidinepyrophosphate [841-01-0] (47) and 4-methyl-5-(2-hydroxyethyl)thiazolephosphate [3269-79-2] (48), but there appear to be different pathways ia the eadier steps. In bacteria, the early steps of the pyrimidine biosynthesis are same as those of purine nucleotide biosynthesis, 5-Aminoimidazole ribotide [41535-66-4] (AIR) (49) appears to be the sole and last common iatermediate ultimately the elements are suppHed by glycine, formate, and ribose. AIR is rearranged in a complex manner to the pyrimidine by an as-yet undetermined mechanism. In yeasts, the pathway to the pyrimidine is less well understood and maybe different (74—83) (Fig. 9). 

An unusual reaction involving s-triazine (247) and ethyl acetoacetate with sodium ethoxide leads eventually to the pyrido[4,3-ring opening and Dimroth-type rearrangement of the intermediate (248) (80JHC389>. 

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