This work presents a new synthetic approach to N(1)-allylation of pyrimidine nucleobases with allyl bromide. The increased efficiency of the proposed method is based on two specific elements: (a) the nucleoside N-deprotonation is carried out in a homogeneous system by using sodium methylsulfinylmethylide in DMSO; (b) the allylation reaction is microwave-assisted. This method ensures high yields (87-88%) of the monoallylated products and short reaction time (1.5 h as compared to tens of hours for classical methods), and provides protection against side reactions. NMR analysis of the crude reaction mixture indicated a ratio of 6-8 : 1 between N(1)-allyl derivatives and N(1),N(3)-diallyl derivatives.
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