1,3-Dicarbonyl compounds can be converted to Mannich-type products A or highly functionalized piperidines B in the presence of a catalytic amount of bromodimethylsulfonium bromide (BDMS). The combination of aromatic aldehyde, amine, and 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds in the presence of a catalytic amount of BDMS leads to the formation of Mannich-type product A when R is a non-enolizable carbon or an alkoxy group, whereas in cases when R = CH3, the same combination yielded highly functionalized piperidines B. A synthetic study and mechanistic proposal are presented.

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This review describes the recent applications of thiourea-based organocatalysts in asymmetric multicomponent reactions.

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Herein, we report two novel methods for the synthesis of pyrimidine fused quinolines using a one-pot C-C and C-N bond forming strategy from the reaction of 6-aminouracils with 2-bromobenzaldehydes or 2-bromobenzyl bromide derivatives in the presence of 10 mol % CuCl without using any ligand. The reaction of 2-bromobenzaldehyde or its derivatives with 6-aminouracils in the presence of KCO as base and a catalytic amount of CuCl in DMF medium under microwave heating conditions provides corresponding pyrimidine fused quinoline derivatives in good yields within 30 min. Alternatively, pyrimidine fused quinoline derivatives have been synthesized from the reaction of 2-bromobenzyl bromides with 6-aminouracil derivatives in the presence of molecular oxygen, CuCl (10 mol %), and KCO as base in DMF under reflux conditions. Structures of all the products were unambiguously confirmed by spectroscopic techniques and by recording single crystal XRD of 3a.

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