Mechanochemical N-alkylation of imides

• Anamarija Briš,
• Mateja Đud and
• Davor Margetić

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1745–1752, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.169

• of imides with alkyl halogenides, and the results are presented in this paper. Until now, ball milling N-alkylations of ureas [15], hydrazones [16], imines [17][18], pyridines [19], pyrimidines [20], imidazoles [21], secondary amines [22], as well as allylic alkylation reactions [23] were reported in

Oxidative dehydrogenation of C–C and C–N bonds: A convenient approach to access diverse (dihydro)heteroaromatic compounds

• Santanu Hati,
• Ulrike Holzgrabe and
• Subhabrata Sen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1670–1692, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.162

• . Magnesium iodide-catalyzed synthesis of quinazolines. Ferrous chloride-catalyzed aerobic dehydrogenation of 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinolines. Cu(I)-catalyzed oxidative aromatization of indoles. Putative mechanism of the transformation. Oxidative dehydrogenation of pyrimidinones and pyrimidines. Putative

New electroactive asymmetrical chalcones and therefrom derived 2-amino- / 2-(1H-pyrrol-1-yl)pyrimidines, containing an N-[ω-(4-methoxyphenoxy)alkyl]carbazole fragment: synthesis, optical and electrochemical properties

• Daria G. Selivanova,
• Alexei A. Gorbunov,
• Olga A. Mayorova,
• Alexander N. Vasyanin,
• Igor V. Lunegov,
• Elena V. Shklyaeva and
• Georgii G. Abashev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1583–1595, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.158

• scanning tunneling microscopy. Results and Discussion Synthetic toolbox The objective of the presented work involves the design and further synthesis of 4,6-diaryl-substituted 2-(pyrrol-1-yl)pyrimidines, embedding 9-[ω-(4-methoxyphenoxy)alkyl]carbazole moieties as substituents, one of which is directly

• ethanolic media resulted in the formation of 1,3-diarylsubstituted prop-2-en-1-ones 6a,b [23]. Cyclization of chalcones 6a,b with guanidine sulfate followed by oxidation with hydrogen peroxide gave rise to 2-amino-4,6-disubstituted pyrimidines 7a,b [24]. 2-(1H-Pyrrol-1-yl)pyrimidines 8a,b were synthesized

• 7a,b are collected in a Table placed in Supporting Information File 1. Further it has been established that solvatochromism is inherent not only to these newly synthesized chromophores 7a,b, but also to the whole set of 2-amino-4,6-diarylsubstituted pyrimidines even of the less complicated structure

Strategies toward protecting group-free glycosylation through selective activation of the anomeric center

• A. Michael Downey and
• Michal Hocek

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1239–1279, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.123

• , as these enzymes can be utilized in drug design and hence has value to the medical community as well. These enzymes also are generally regioselective for the position 9 of purines and the position 1 of pyrimidines which is a persisting challenge in the chemical synthesis of biologically active

From chemical metabolism to life: the origin of the genetic coding process

• Antoine Danchin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1119–1135, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.111

• living cells these pathways associate interconversions between purines and pyrimidines [34][35]. Furthermore, the nitrogen-rich intermediate 5-amino-6-(D-ribitylamino)uracil comprises building blocks that are commonly found under prebiotic conditions. Once phosphorylated (as discussed previously, via

• complementarity is the most obvious feature of processes of life is that of interactions involving nucleic acids. In these molecules, complementarity, which leads to the famous double helical structure, is a straightforward consequence of steric rules between isosteric piles of pairs of purines and pyrimidines

A postsynthetically 2’-“clickable” uridine with arabino configuration and its application for fluorescent labeling and imaging of DNA

• Heidi-Kristin Walter,
• Bettina Olshausen,
• Ute Schepers and
• Hans-Achim Wagenknecht

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 127–137, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.16

• phosphoramidite chemistry. The alkyne groups as reactive precursors are attached to the oligonucleotide [13], especially at the 5-position of pyrimidines [13], the 7-position of 7-deazapurines [14], and the 2’-position of ribofuranosides [11][15]. These positions were chosen since they are typically accepted by

Enzymatic synthesis and phosphorolysis of 4(2)-thioxo- and 6(5)-azapyrimidine nucleosides by E. coli nucleoside phosphorylases

• Vladimir A. Stepchenko,
• Anatoly I. Miroshnikov,
• Frank Seela and
• Igor A. Mikhailopulo

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2588–2601, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.254

• 2.4.2.4) phosphorylases [36], and (ii) the role of structural features and electronic properties of the pyrimidine bases and nucleosides in the recognition by E. coli nucleoside phosphorylases. Results and Discussion Thioxo- and 6-aza-pyrimidines used in the transglycosylation reaction with recombinant E

• differences of tautomeric structures of pyrimidines studied and their recognition by E. coli UP vs TP in the glycoside bond formation: Activation of uracil and thymine as well as their related analogues in the chemical synthesis of nucleosides consists in the trimethylsilylation giving rise to the formation

• catalytic site that are directly involved in the hydrogen bonding with pyrimidines and types of these interactions [3][52][53][54][55][56] (vide infra). Indeed, except for the side-chain Arg171/C-4 carbonyl interaction, several variants of direct hydrogen binding between the side-chains of Ser186 and Lys190

Modular synthesis of the pyrimidine core of the manzacidins by divergent Tsuji–Trost coupling

• Sebastian Bretzke,
• Stephan Scheeff,
• Felicitas Vollmeyer,
• Friederike Eberhagen,
• Frank Rominger and
• Dirk Menche

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1111–1121, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.107

• -metathesis of a challenging homoallylic urea substrate, which proceeds in good yields in the presence of an organic phosphoric acid. Keywords: cross-metathesis; natural products; pyrimidines; Tsuji–Trost reaction; synthetic methods; Introduction Chiral pyrimidine motifs constitute prevalent structural

A convenient route to symmetrically and unsymmetrically substituted 3,5-diaryl-2,4,6-trimethylpyridines via Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction

• Dariusz Błachut,
• Joanna Szawkało and
• Zbigniew Czarnocki

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 835–845, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.82

• or pyrimidines with subsequent aromatization of the heterocyclic ring. We also noticed that the final composition of these markers was dependent on the reaction conditions during the drug synthesis [24]. In order to unequivocally confirm the presence of newly identified markers in the reaction

• halogenated pyridines and pyrimidines. During our search for new "route markers" of amphetamine analogues synthesized by the Leuckart method, we focused our attention on two groups of heterocycles, that were preliminary identified by GC–MS analysis as 3,4,5-triaryl-2,6-dimethylpyridines P5 [32][33] and 3,5

• teams in the construction of polyarylated benzenes [56], pyridines [57][58][59][60], thiophenes [61][62], quinoxalines [63], pyrazoles [64] pyrroles [65], pyrimidines [66][67], benzofuranes [68], imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines [69], diaryl/heteroaryl methanes [70], and indoles [71], bearing differently

Beyond catalyst deactivation: cross-metathesis involving olefins containing N-heteroaromatics

• Kevin Lafaye,
• Cyril Bosset,
• Lionel Nicolas,
• Amandine Guérinot and
• Janine Cossy

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2223–2241, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.241

• compound 49 was isolated (Scheme 19). It should be noted that in all cases, tetrasubstituted pyrimidines were involved in the RCM and the substituents in the α position of the N-heteroatoms might have a role in the success of these reactions by causing steric hindrance around the nitrogen and thus

• preventing the catalyst deactivation. In 2013, Moss generalized the method to the formation of azepines fused with a variety of heteroaromatics including pyrimidines, pyridines, thiazoles and pyrrazoles [59]. Interestingly, most of the heteroaryls possess a chlorine substituent but no explanation was given

• moieties such as pyridines, pyrimidines, imidazoles and pyrazoles (Scheme 37). From the selected examples discussed above, we tried to delineate some trends regarding to the use of alkenes possessing N-heteroaromatics in RCM and CM. In RCM, GI and GII are usually preferred and diluted conditions are

A convenient four-component one-pot strategy toward the synthesis of pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidines

• Mingxing Liu,
• Jiarong Li,
• Hongxin Chai,
• Kai Zhang,
• Deli Yang,
• Qi Zhang and
• Daxin Shi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2125–2131, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.229

• ]. For example, ibrutinib, sildenafil, allopurinol and zaleplon are famous pyrazolopyrimidine drugs. Because of the importance of pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidines, many methods for the synthesis of pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidines have been explored. Some examples include the condensation of 5-aminopyrazole-4

• ). But when benzaldehyde was switched to anisaldehyde, the expected product was not obtained and pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidines was isolated (Scheme 1B). Inspired by this phenomenon, we conducted detailed studies and found a new convenient synthesis of pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidines. To the best of our knowledge

• , this is a novel methodology for the synthesis of pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidines by the reaction of hydrazines, methylenemalononitriles, aldehydes and alcohols. During the preparation of this manuscript, Liu et al. reported the synthesis of pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidines from 5-aminopyrazole-4-carbonitrile [48

Indolizines and pyrrolo[1,2-c]pyrimidines decorated with a pyrimidine and a pyridine unit respectively

• Marcel Mirel Popa,
• Emilian Georgescu,
• Mino R. Caira,
• Florentina Georgescu,
• Constantin Draghici,
• Raluca Stan,
• Calin Deleanu and
• Florea Dumitrascu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1079–1088, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.121

• Fundulea, Calarasi, Romania 10.3762/bjoc.11.121 Abstract The three possible structural isomers of 4-(pyridyl)pyrimidine were employed for the synthesis of new pyrrolo[1,2-c]pyrimidines and new indolizines, by 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction of their corresponding N-ylides generated in situ from their

• of 4-(2-pyridyl)pyrimidine the steric hindrance directs the reaction to the pyrimidinium N-ylides and, subsequently, to the formation of the pyrrolo[1,2-c]pyrimidines. The new pyrrolo[1,2-c]pyrimidines and the new indolizines were structurally characterized through NMR spectroscopy. The X-ray

• , 4 and 5 (Figure 1) were obtained [14][15]. Based on our previous experience [21][22][23][24][25] we investigated the synthesis and structural characterization of new pyrrolo[1,2-c]pyrimidines that are 3-substituted with a pyridine unit and new indolizines substituted in positions 6 or 7 with a

The reactions of 2-ethoxymethylidene-3-oxo esters and their analogues with 5-aminotetrazole as a way to novel azaheterocycles

• Marina V. Goryaeva,
• Yanina V. Burgart,
• Marina A. Ezhikova,
• Mikhail I. Kodess and
• Viktor I. Saloutin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 385–391, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.44

• esters with aminoazoles either stops at the formation of open-chain 2-(azolylamino)methylidene-3-oxo esters [6] or leads directly to azolo[1,5-a]pyrimidines [7][8][9] depending on the structure of the starting reagents and reaction conditions. We have recently found that the cyclization of

• polyfluoroalkyl-containing 2-ethoxymethylidene-3-oxo esters with aminoazoles in contrast to non-fluorinated analogues results in the stable dihydroazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidines containing a gem-aminoalcohol fragment at the polyfluoroalkyl substituent [10][11]. The reactions of ethyl 2-ethoxymethylidene-3-oxo-3

• -(polyfluoroalkyl)propionates with 3-amino-5-hydroxypyrazole allowed to obtain not only dihydropyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidines but also pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridines due to the peculiarities of the binucleophile used [12]. To the best of our knowledge, there is no published data about the interaction of 2-ethoxymethylidene-3

Autonomous assembly of synthetic oligonucleotides built from an expanded DNA alphabet. Total synthesis of a gene encoding kanamycin resistance

• Kristen K. Merritt,
• Kevin M. Bradley,
• Daniel Hutter,
• Mariko F. Matsuura,
• Diane J. Rowold and
• Steven A. Benner

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 2348–2360, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.245

• pyrimidines) and (b) hydrogen-bonding complementarity (hydrogen-bond acceptors, A, pair with hydrogen-bond donors, D). Rearranging donor and acceptor groups on the nucleobases, while not changing the geometry of the Watson–Crick pair, creates an artificially expanded genetic information system (AEGIS). AEGIS

Facile synthesis of 1H-imidazo[1,2-b]pyrazoles via a sequential one-pot synthetic approach

• András Demjén,
• Márió Gyuris,
• János Wölfling,
• László G. Puskás and
• Iván Kanizsai

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 2338–2344, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.243

• -aminoazoles, including thiazole [13][14] and 1,3,4-thiadiazole [15][16] derivatives, or 2-aminoazine-based heterocycles, such as pyridines [17][18][19], pyrimidines [20][21][22][23][24] and pyrazines [25][26][27], have recently been utilized as Groebke–Blackburn–Bienaymé three-component reaction (GBB-3CR

Facile synthesis of 1-alkoxy-1H-benzo- and 7-azabenzotriazoles from peptide coupling agents, mechanistic studies, and synthetic applications

• Mahesh K. Lakshman,
• Manish K. Singh,
• Mukesh Kumar,
• Raghu Ram Chamala,
• Vijayender R. Yedulla,
• Domenick Wagner,
• Evan Leung,
• Lijia Yang,
• Asha Matin and
• Sadia Ahmad

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1919–1932, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.200

• appeared implausible on the basis of prior observations, where no reaction of BOP with the free hydroxy groups of nucleosides was observed [23][25]. Our recent work on a two-step one-pot etherification of purine nucleosides, quinazoline, and pyrimidines, had led some interesting preliminary observations

OligArch: A software tool to allow artificially expanded genetic information systems (AEGIS) to guide the autonomous self-assembly of long DNA constructs from multiple DNA single strands

• Kevin M. Bradley and
• Steven A. Benner

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1826–1833, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.192

• with unified entropy and enthalpy values from SantaLucia, et al. [14]. AEGIS bases B and P, both purines able to make 3 hydrogen bonds, are treated as G within Tm calculations, while S and Z, both pyrimidines able to form 3 hydrogen bonds, are treated as C. The exact Tm formula is: where R is the

• intermolecular hybridization, especially at low concentrations of oligonucleotide. Watson–Crick pairing rules follow two rules of complementarity: (a) size complementarity (large purines pair with small pyrimidines) and (b) hydrogen bonding complementarity (hydrogen bond acceptors, A, pair with hydrogen bond

Pyrene-modified PNAs: Stacking interactions and selective excimer emission in PNA₂DNA triplexes

• Alex Manicardi,
• Lucia Guidi,
• Alice Ghidini and
• Roberto Corradini

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1495–1503, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.154

• is formed, favoured by the prevalence of pyrimidines in the PNA [22][23]. The PNA2DNA triplex, in this sequence, is destabilized by the presence of a pyrimidine base (T) in the 5’-end of the DNA; thus this sequence represents a good model for evaluating the stabilization/destabilization effects due

• objective of stabilizing triplexes even in the presence of pyrimidines on the target sequence, while still maintaining and even increasing sequence selectivity. Moreover, for diagnostics, it is important that a very high and sequence-selective excimer to monomer ratio can be obtained, as with PNA2, upon

Use of activated enol ethers in the synthesis of pyrazoles: reactions with hydrazine and a study of pyrazole tautomerism

• Denisa Tarabová,
• Stanislava Šoralová,
• Martin Breza,
• Marek Fronc,
• Wolfgang Holzer and
• Viktor Milata

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 752–760, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.70

• trifunctional electrophiles and are useful building blocks for the introduction of a three carbon fragment into the resulting molecule. Thus, the reaction of enol ethers with hydrazines produces pyrazoles, with amidines pyrimidines, with hydroxylamine isoxazoles, and with anilines quinolines/ones are formed [2

Copper–phenanthroline catalysts for regioselective synthesis of pyrrolo[3′,4′:3,4]pyrrolo[1,2-a]furoquinolines/phenanthrolines and of pyrrolo[1,2-a]phenanthrolines under mild conditions

• Rupankar Paira,
• Tarique Anwar,
• Maitreyee Banerjee,
• Yogesh P. Bharitkar,
• Shyamal Mondal,
• Sandip Kundu,
• Abhijit Hazra,
• Prakas R. Maulik and
• Nirup B. Mondal

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 692–700, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.62

• summarized in Table 1, revealed the supremacy of copper catalysts in this particular reaction over the others; CuCl2 appeared to be the catalyst of choice (Table 1, entries 8–32). In order to explore the effect of ligands, a number of phosphines, bis-oxazocines, pyrazolyl-pyrimidines and phenanthroline

• , entries 21–28). Bis-oxazocines and pyrazolyl-pyrimidines on the other hand showed some promising results (Table 1, entries 29 and 30). However, both in terms of yield and cleaner reaction profile, 1,10-phenanthrolines (L1, L2) were identified as the best partners for CuCl2 (Table 1, entries 31 and 32

The Flögel-three-component reaction with dicarboxylic acids – an approach to bis(β-alkoxy-β-ketoenamides) for the synthesis of complex pyridine and pyrimidine derivatives

• Mrinal K. Bera,
• Moisés Domínguez,
• Paul Hommes and
• Hans-Ulrich Reissig

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 394–404, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.37

• these enamides to 4-hydroxypyridine derivatives or to functionalized pyrimidines efficiently provided symmetrically and unsymmetrically substituted fairly complex (hetero)aromatic compounds containing up to six conjugated aryl and hetaryl groups. In addition, subsequent functionalizations of the

• . Keywords: alkoxyallenes; condensations; DFT calculations; β-ketoenamides; multi-component reactions; olefin metathesis; pyridines; pyrimidines; Introduction Multicomponent reactions (MCRs) generally allow a diversity-oriented fast and efficient access to complex synthetic intermediates and are thus

• that are remarkably versatile cyclization precursors for the synthesis of functionalized heterocycles such as 4-hydroxypyridines [38][39][40][41][42][43][44], furopyridines [45], 5-acetyloxazoles [46][47], pyrimidines [43][48][49] and their corresponding N-oxides [50] (Scheme 1). This approach

IBD-mediated oxidative cyclization of pyrimidinylhydrazones and concurrent Dimroth rearrangement: Synthesis of [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-c]pyrimidine derivatives

• Caifei Tang,
• Zhiming Li and
• Quanrui Wang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2629–2634, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.298

• derivatives 5a–o. These incipient products undergo feasible Dimroth rearrangement to furnish the isolated [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-c]pyrimidines 6a–o in moderate to high yields. Keywords: cyclization; hydrazones; hypervalent iodine; oxidation; rearrangement; [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-c]pyrimidines; Introduction The

• as selective antagonists for human A2A and A3 adenosine receptor sub-types which offer great promise in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease, or as Hsup90 modulators [8]. Clarkson and co-workers have prepared a range of benzothieno-fused 1,2,4-triazolo[4,3-c]pyrimidines and 1,2,4-triazolo[1,5-c

• ]pyrimidines by the oxidative cyclisation of benzothieno[2,3-d]pyrimidine hydrazones. The investigation has also suggested the important ability as inhibitors of Shiga toxin trafficking for protecting HeLa cells [9]. The wide range of biological activities shown by various triazolopyrimidines encouraged

Recent advances in transition metal-catalyzed Csp²-monofluoro-, difluoro-, perfluoromethylation and trifluoromethylthiolation

• Grégory Landelle,
• Armen Panossian,
• Sergiy Pazenok,
• Jean-Pierre Vors and
• Frédéric R. Leroux

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2476–2536, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.287

• [114] as well as of various arenes and heteroarenes (pyridines, pyrimidines, pyrazines, quinolines, pyrroles, thiophenes, furans, pyrazoles, imidazoles, thiazoles, oxazoles, thiadiazoles, triazoles) [115]. The yields were low to excellent, depending on the substrate (Scheme 12 and Figure 20). Iron(II

An overview of the synthetic routes to the best selling drugs containing 6-membered heterocycles

• Marcus Baumann and
• Ian R. Baxendale

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2265–2319, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.265

• Dihydropyridines and piperidines Pyrimidines and quinazolines Pyrazines and piperazines Pyridazines and perhydropyridazines Triazines and polyazacyclic systems Synthetic chemistry can rightfully be considered a prerequisite of our modern society [1]. This discipline supplies many valuable resources to our world

• carmegliptin as its HCl salt. 3. Pyrimidines and quinazolines Whilst pyridine rings and their partially or fully saturated derivatives are very frequent components of pharmaceutical species there are also a considerable number of compounds based on diazine and triazine ring systems. Amongst the diazines

• , pyrimidine-derived analogues (1,3-diazines) are the most common. Pyridazines (1,2-diazines) and pyrazines (1,4-diazines) are less prominent. The main reasons are most probably that pyrimidines are highly abundant in important biogenic molecules such as the ribonucleotides and that this heterocycle can be

One-step synthesis of pyridines and dihydropyridines in a continuous flow microwave reactor

• Mark C. Bagley,
• Vincenzo Fusillo,
• Robert L. Jenkins,
• M. Caterina Lubinu and
• Christopher Mason

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1957–1968, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.232

• that this cyclocondensation proceeds in a similar fashion and high efficiency under microwave irradiation [48], and that we have previously demonstrated that pyridines and pyrimidines can both be formed rapidly and efficiently from ethynyl ketones using microwave dielectric heating, the transfer of