Abstract
A practical method for the preparation of 2‐chloro‐4,6‐di(heteroaryl)pyrimidines and their 5‐methyl homologues from readily available 2‐chloropyrimidine and 2‐chloro‐5‐methylpyrimidine, respectively, is described. The method is based on the addition reactions of heteroaryllithium reagents with chloropyrimidines followed by dehydrogenation of the resultant substituted dihydropyrimidines. The use of 2,3‐dichloro‐5,6‐dicyano‐1,4‐benzoquinone as the dehydrogenation agent gives the best results. Side reactions in the addition step are discussed.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1393-1400 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue number | 5 |
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| State | Published - 1990 |