4-Pyrimidinone ring esters

Diacetylcyclopropane reacts with 3-amino-l, 2,4-triazole in acetic acid (either aqueous or glacial) to give triazolopyrimidines 28 <%1ZV1322>, whilst a selection of fiised-ring pyrimidines, for example the l,2,3-triazolo[4,S-prepared using amino hetmoarenecarboxamides and esters <96H(42)691 >. 

There are few cases in which free /3-aldehydo esters have been condensed successfully with ureas. Commonly, alkoxymethylene esters are used. The initial reaction leads to an acyclic intermediate that may require a separate treatment to induce ring closure. The reaction of a /3-keto ester with urea may be a two-step process in which case acid catalysis can be used in the formation of an acyclic intermediate, with ring closure effected by strong alkali. When the ester component is a lactone or chromone, the product contains a hydroxyalkyl <2000JME3837> or 2-hydroxyphenyl substituent <2004S942>, as shown by the synthesis of the 5-(2-hydroxyethyl)-4-pyrimidinone 657 and the 6-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-pyrimidine 659. 

Other synthons for 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds that have been successfully applied include p-chloro-a,P-unsaturated ketones and aldehydes, P-dimethylamino-a,P-unsaturated ketones (easily obtained from ketones by reaction with DMFDMA), P-alkoxy-enones"" and vinyl-amidinium salts."" Alkynyl-ketones react with 5-alkyl-isothioureas, giving 2-alkylthio-pyrimidines" and propiolic acid reacts with urea to give uracil directly in about 50% yield. "" 1,3-Keto-esters with formamidine produce 4-pyrimidinones"" and C-substituted formamidines with ethyl cyanoacetate give 2-substituted-6-amino -pyrimidinones. In analogy, pyrimidines fused to other rings, for example as in quinazolines, can be made from ortho-aminonitriles " and in general, from P-enamino esters. ... 

When esters 97 (R =H, CH2Ph) were reacted with phenyl or methyl isothiocyanate or isocyanate, adducts 100 were formed in excellent yields. Ring closure of 100 (R =H) took place without difficulty when it was refluxed in dilute hydrochloric acid, resulting in pyrimidinones 101 and... 

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