Amination of a double excess of 4,6-dichloropyrimidine with various diamines in the presence of cesium carbonate in boiling dioxane quantitatively afforded the corresponding N, N′-bis(6-chloropyrimidin-4-yl) derivatives, while its reactions with tri-and tetraamines gave N, N′,N″-tris-and N,N′,N″,N′′′-tetrakis(6-chloropyrimidin-4-yl) derivatives. Equimolar amounts of 2,4-dichloro-or 4,6-dichloropyrimidine and diamines reacted in the presence of Pd(0) complexes to form macrocyclic compounds containing pyrimidine fragments. Catalytic reactions of 4 equiv of diamines with 4,6-dichloropyrimidine can lead to the formation of 4,6-bis-(diamino)pyrimidines. Relations between the yield and the nature of diamine and catalytic system were found.Amino-substituted pyrimidines attract interest due to their huge potential as physiologically active substances. 4-Amino-substituted pyrimidines can be obtained by nucleophilic replacement of chlorine in 4-chloropyrimidines. 4-Amino-6-chloropyrimidines are also promising intermediate products, taking into account that the halogen atom therein can be replaced by various functional groups; furthermore, such compounds can be brought into cross coupling reactions. 4-Amino-6-chloropyrimidines are readily available from 4,6-dichloropyrimidines by treatment of the latter with various amines in the absence of a catalyst [1][2][3][4]. Reactions of 4,6-dichloropyrimidines with primary and secondary acyclic and cyclic aliphatic and aromatic amines were reported; either excess amine was used as a base or triethylamine was added; the reactions were carried out in boiling propan-2-ol [5], aqueous tetrahydrofuran [6], or aqueous ethanol [7] at room temperature. Ethyl(diisopropyl)amine was also used as a base [4, 6], and amine immobilized on a solid support was used in [4]. 4-Amino-6-chloropyrimidine was synthesized by reaction of 4,6-dichloropyrimidine with aqueous ammonia at 100°C [8] or with ammonia in ethanol at 100°C [9] or in methanol at 85°C [10].Replacement of the second chlorine atom by amino group required considerably more severe conditions, e.g., heating in boiling butan-1-ol or in N, N-dimethylacetamide [11, 12]; microwave activation was used to improve the yield of diamination products [13,14]. reported on the diamination in ethanol at 80°C. 4,6-Diaminopyrimidine derivatives were studied as inhibitors of protein kinase [16][17][18][19] and other kinases such as CHK1 [20], lymphocytespecific tyrosine kinase [21,22], Janus kinases [23], and VEGFR-2 kinase [8,24], as well as cannabinoid CB1 receptor ligands [25]. 4,6-Diaminopyrimidines were also tested as medicines for prophylactics and treatment of disbolism [26], MCH antagonists for the treatment of disorders of central nervous system [27], and 5-HT7 receptor ligands [28]. 4,6-Bis(imidazolio)-pyrimidine was examined as a receptor for halide ions (Cl -, Br -, and I -) [29].Up to now, some macrocyclic compounds containing a pyrimidine fragment have been reported. Macrocycles based on 4,6-diaminopyrimidine [30-32] and 2,4-diaminopyrimid...