“…An interesting study revealed that their condensation with NCN binucleophiles, e.g. benzamidine, could occur at both competing carbonyl groups and, therefore, could result in the formation of pyrimidine-4-carboxylate 56 (the major or the only product in most cases) or pyrimidine-5-glyoxylate 57 (Table 7) [134]. The observed regioselectivity could be explained by the more electrophilic nature of the carbonyl group adjacent to the ester moiety as compared to the benzoyl-type fragment, with an exception of CF3-substituted ketone moiety.…”