The synthesis of a novel series of twelve 4-(trihalomethyl)dipyrimidin-2-ylamines, from the cyclocondensation reaction of 4-(trichloromethyl)-2-guanidinopyrimidine, with β-alkoxyvinyl trihalomethyl ketones, of general formula: X 3 C-C(O)-C(R 2 )=C(R 1 )-OR, where: X = F, Cl; R = Me, Et, -(CH 2 ) 2 -, -(CH 2 ) 3 -; R 1 = H, Me; R 2 = H, Me, -(CH 2 ) 2 -, -(CH 2 ) 3 -, is reported. The reactions were carried out in acetonitrile under reflux for 16 hours, leading to the dipyrimidin-2-ylamines in 65-90% yield. Depending on the substituents of the vinyl ketone, tetrahydropyrimidines or aromatic pyrimidine rings were obtained from the cyclization reaction. When X = Cl, elimination of the trichloromethyl group was observed during the cyclization step. The structure of 4-(trihalomethyl)dipyrimidin-2-ylamines was studied in detail by 1 H-, 13 C-and 2D-nmr spectroscopy.
J. Heterocyclic Chem., 39, 943(2002).Dipyrimidin-2-ylamines have been the subject of few publications. In a search from the literature only two methods were found for the synthesis of dipyrimidin-2-ylamines. The first method was reported in 1969 and relies on the condensation of 2-guanidinopyrimidine sulfate with diethyl malonate to obtain a series of hydroxydipyrimidin-2-ylamines [1]. Several other alkoxy-and amino-dipyrimidin-2-ylamine derivatives were reported in the same paper and they were obtained by derivatization of hydroxydipyrimidin-2-ylamines. The second method to obtain dipyrimidin-2-ylamines, reported by Akhemerov et al. , consists on the interamination of amnooxypyrimidines with its hydrochloride or another aminooxypyrimidine hydrchloride [2].The applications and biological activities of dipyrimidin-2-ylamines are largely unknown, although several reports have described 2-guanidinopyrimidines and bipyrimidines as metal-cage complexes [3,4] and potential potassium-sparing diuretics [5].In this work, we wish to report the synthesis of a new series of 4-(trihalomethyl)dipirimidin-2-ylamines obtained from the cyclo-condensation reaction of 4-(trichloromethyl)-2-guanidinopyrimidine with a series of β-alkoxyvinyl trihalomethyl ketones. The importance of β-alkoxyvinyl trihalomethyl ketones as potential building blocks for the synthesis of many heterocyclic systems such as isoxazoles [6][7][8][9][10][11][12], pyrazoles [13][14][15][16][17][18], pyrimidines [19][20][21][22][23], diazepines [24,25], and aliphatic compounds [26,27] has been demonstrated in previous publications of our group and by other groups [28].The 4-(trichloromethyl)-2-guanidinopyrimidine (1) was prepared from 4-(trichloromethyl)pyrimidin-2(1H)-one by treatment with phosphorus oxychloride followed by nucleophilic substitution of the 2-chloropyrimidine derivative by guanidine hydrochloride in the presence of potassium t e rtbutoxide in t e rt-butyl alcohol, according to reference [29].The synthesis of dipyrimidin-2-ylamines 4 a -e, 5 a,c,e, and 6a-d, were carried out by refluxing the 4-(trichloromethyl)-2-guanidinopyrimidine (1) with β-alkoxyvinyl trihalomethyl ketones 2a-e and 3a-e ...