6-Pyrimidones

In a similar vein, the displacement of the nitrated amino group in pyrimidone (61-2), prepared in the same way as (60-5) using the methoxyl pyridinealdehyde, with the ranitidine nucleus (61-1) affords the H2 blocker donetidine (61-4) [63] after cleavage of the methyl ether. 

A relatively simple pyrimidone, bropirimine (64-3), has been extensively studied as an antitumor agent and immune modulator as a consequence of its unusual activity as an interferon inducer. Condensation of ethyl benzoylacetate (64-1) with guanidine leads to the pyrimidone (64-2) by a sequence quite analogous to those outlined above. Treatment of that product with bromine leads to bromination at the sole open position on the heterocyclic ring to afford bropirimine (64-3) [66]. 

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Flucytosine. Flucytosine (17) or 5-fluorocytosine (4-amino-5-fluoro-2-pyrimidone, 5-FC), C H FN O, is a pyrimidine derivative, that is efficient against Candida albicans Cryptococcus neoformans and Torulopsis glabrata. 

Repeat your analysis for tautomeric equilibria between 4-hydroxypyridine and 4-pyridone, 2-hydroxypyrimidine and 2-pyrimidone and 4-hydroxypyrimidine and 4-pyrimidone. For each, identify the favored (lower-energy) tautomer, and then use equation (1) to calculate the ratio of tautomers present at equilibrium. Point out any major differences among the four systems and rationalize what you observe. (Hint Compare dipole moments and electrostatic potential maps of the two pyridones and the two pyrimidones. How are these related to molecular stability )... 

Dichloro-2-pyrimidone reacts readily with thiourea. ... 

Chlorination of 2-hydroxy-4//-pyrido[l,2-n]pyrimidin-4-one with NCS in a mixture of AcOH and TFA at room temperature for 72 h yielded a 3-chloro-2-hydroxy derivative (95JMC4687). Bromination of 2-chloro-4//-pyrido[l, 2-n]pyrimidone with Br2 in a mixture of CH2CI2 and pyridine at room temperature for 15 min gave a 3-bromo derivative (00BMC751). 

Extension of this work by studying the reaction of 3-methyl-5-nitro-pyrimidin-4(3//)-one with -X-arylketones in the presence of ammonium acetate surprisingly revealed the formation of a mixture of 4-arylpyrimidines and 6-arylpyridin-2(l//)-ones (00JCS(P1)27). The ratio between pyridine and pyrimidine formation is dependent on the substituent X. With electron-donating substituents the formation of the pyridin-2(l//)-ones is favored, with electron-attracting substituents the formation of the pyrimidine derivatives (Scheme 21) In the formation of the 6-arylpyridin-2(l//)-ones the C-4- C-5-C-6 part of the pyrimidone-4 is the building block in the construction of the pyridine ring. Therefore, the pyrimidone can be considered as an activated o -nitroformylacetic acid (Scheme 21). 

This sequence is equally applicable to keto esters. Thus, condensation of guanidine with ethyl acetoacetate gives the pyrimidone, 134. Elaboration as above gives the pyrimidine, IJ5 acylation with the sulfonyl chloride (88) followed by hydrolysis yields sulfamerazine (107). Reaction of guanidine with beta dicarbonyl compounds gives the pyrimidine directly. Condensation of the base with acetonyl acetone affords the starting amine for sulfadimidine (108). ... 

Treatment with base leads this to cyclize to the pyrimidone... 

The excessive production of sebum associated with acne has made life miserable for many an adolescent. Research on acne has, as a rule, concentrated on therapy rather than prophylaxis. A pyrimidone forms an interesting exception, being described as an anti seborrheic agent. Starting keto-ester 21 can, at least in principle, be obtained by y-... 

An alternate scheme for preparing these compounds starts with a prefabricated pyrimidone ring. Aldol condensation of that compound (95), which contains an eneamide function, with pyridine-3-aldehyde (80), gives the product 96. Catalytic hydrogenation gives the product of 1,4 reduction. The resulting pyrimidinedione, of course exists in the usual tautomeric keto (97a) and enol (97b) forms. Reaction with phosphorus oxyxchloride leads to the chloro derivative 98. Displacement with methoxide gives 99. Reaction of this last intermediate with the furylalkylamine derivative 92 leads to the H-2 blocker lupitidine (100) [22]. 

One such compound, bropirimine (112), is described as an agent which has both antineo-plastic and antiviral activity. The first step in the preparation involves formation of the dianion 108 from the half ester of malonic acid by treatment with butyllithium. Acylation of the anion with benzoyl chloride proceeds at the more nucleophilic carbon anion to give 109. This tricarbonyl compound decarboxylates on acidification to give the beta ketoester 110. Condensation with guanidine leads to the pyrimidone 111. Bromination with N-bromosuccinimide gives bropirimine (112) [24]. 

The ethoxycarbonyl derivative 11 is converted into derivatives 12 of 2-pyrimidone by the action of primary aliphatic amines.291 The products 12cyclize to the 5-aminopyrimido[4,5-/>][l,5]ben-zodiazepinones 13 on heating with ethanolic triethylamine.292... 

The thiadiazepinone 1 loses sulfur in refluxing toluene to give a pyrimidone.327... 

A highly efficient multicomponent synthesis of pyridones and pyrimidones by a [2 + 2 + 2] strategy [159]... 

Silylation-aminations of a variety of other hydroxy-N-heterocycles, for example 4(lH)-pyridinone, 2(lH)-pyrimidone, uracil, 2(lH)-quinoline, and 9(10H)-acridone are described in the full paper, which was published in English [27]. 

A. Mononucleotides.—A new journal has appeared in the past year consisting of abstracts of papers published in the nucleotide and nucleic acid fields. The use of nucleosides and nucleotides as potential therapeutic agents has been reviewed. Nucleotides which have been prepared recently using conventional methods of phosphorylation include those derived from 6-methylthiopurine ribonucleoside (la), 5-methylsulphonyluridine (lb), l-(jS-D-ribofuranosyl)-2-pyrimidone (Ic), 3-(jS-D-ribofuranosyl)-4-pyrimidone (Id), and various thionucleosides. - O-Phosphorylated 3 -amino-3 -deoxythymidine (2a) and 5 -amino-5 -deoxythymidine (2b)... 

In their synthesis of spirocyclopropanated oxazolines (see Section 2.1), the de Meijere group obtained initially unexpected cyclobutene-annelated pyrimidones 2-569 by reaction of the cyclopropylidene derivative 2-567 with the amidines 2-568. In this fourfold anionic transformation a Michael addition takes place to furnish 2-570, which is followed by an isomerization affording cyclobutenecarboxylates 2-572 and a final lactamization (Scheme 2.128) [294]. 

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