Exploring the synthesis of deceptively simple Biginelli products through N-CN bond cleavage

Juan Jesús Nolasco Fidencio, Hulme Ríos-Guerra, Gilberto González-Villanueva, José Guillermo Penieres-Carrillo, Gustavo Guevara Balcázar, Ma Inés Nicolás-Vázquez, Francisco Delgado

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Abstract

Brønsted-Lowry acid-promoted cleavage of the N-CN bond in 2-cyanoimino-3,4-dihydro-(1H)-pyrimidine is described. Formic acid efficiently activates cyclic N-cyanoguanidines through an O-formylisourea reactive intermediate, leading to chemospecific N-CN bond cleavage of the cyanoimine moiety. This low environmental-load method provides step- and atom-economical access to difficult-to-obtain acid-sensitive Biginelli products in excellent yields.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1803-1809
Number of pages7
JournalHeterocycles
Volume92
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016

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