Facile synthesis of some new functionalized 2-selenoxopyrimidines

Abstract

Some new functionalized 2-selenoxodihydropyrimidines 1–6 were synthesized in good yields via a simple one-pot reaction. The simple method depended on the reaction of selenourea with some nitrile active methylene compounds under basic-catalyzed conditions. Also, treatment of selenourea with each of malononitrile and ethyl cyanoacetate in the presence of benzaldehyde under the same basic reaction conditions afforded the 2-selenoxopyrimidine-5-carbonitriles 7 and 8, respectively. Furthermore, selenourea reacted with benzaldehyde and different β-dicarbonyl compounds under Biginelli reaction conditions to afford the 2-selenoxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimidine-5-carboxylates 10, 11 and 13. Using acetylacetone as a substrate in Biginelli reaction yielded the unexpected 5-benzylidene-4,6-dimethyl-pyrimidine-2(5H)-selenone (14). The structures of the synthesized compounds were established on the basis of elemental analysis, IR, ¹H- and ¹³C-NMR and mass spectral data.

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Keywords:

• Selenourea
• 2-selenoxopyrimidine
• Biginelli reaction

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Funding

The authors extend their appreciation to the deanship of scientific research at King Khalid University for funding this work through general research project under grant number (R.G.P/142/40).