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Synthesis of 1-Allyloxymethyl-6-(a,2,6-trifluorobenzyl)thymine
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fied by silica gel column chromatography (CH2Cl2–EtOAc, 10:1) to
6-[(2,6-Difluorophenyl)hydroxymethyl]-5-methylpyrimidine-
afford the products 2 and 7.
2,4(1H,3H)-dione (8)
Under a nitrogen atmosphere, n-BuLi (2 M in THF, 5 mL, 11 mmol)
was added dropwise at –78 °C to a solution of compound 7 (1.17 g,
5 mmol) in anhyd THF (15 mL) and the reaction mixture was stirred
at –78 °C for 1 h. 2,6-Difluorobenzaldehyde (0.8 g, 5.5 mmol) in
anhyd THF (2 mL) was added dropwise and the mixture was stirred
at –78 °C for 1 h, then left to warm gradually to r.t. with stirring
overnight. The reaction was quenched with H2O (1 mL) followed by
addition of 4 M HCl (15 mL) and stirring was continued for 1 h. The
resulting solid product was filtered off, washed with H2O, and dried
to afford compound 8 as a pure solid.
5-Methyl-2-(methylthio)pyrimidin-4-yldimethylsulfamate (2)
Yield: 5.28 g (67%); mp 50–52 °C.
1H NMR (DMSO-d6): d = 2.16 (s, 3 H, CH3), 2.52 (s, 3 H, CH3S),
3.01 [s, 6 H, (CH3)2N], 8.60 (s, 1 H, H-6).
13C NMR (DMSO-d6): d = 11.5 (CH3), 13.6 (CH3S), 38.3
[(CH3)2N], 115.4 (C5), 160.9 (C6), 161.8 (C2), 168.7 (C4).
MS (EI): m/z (%) = 263 (30) [M+], 156 (100).
Anal. Calcd for C8H13N3O3S2: C, 36.49; H, 4.98; N, 15.96. Found:
C, 36.17; H, 5.34; N, 16.23.
Yield: 0.95 g (71%); mp 210–212 °C.
1H NMR (DMSO-d6): d = 1.46 (s, 3 H, CH3), 5.95 (s, 1 H, CH-OH),
7.16 (t, J = 8.4 Hz, 2 H, ArH), 7.44–7.54 (m, 1 H, ArH), 11.09 (br
s, 1 H, NH).
13C NMR (DMSO-d6): d = 8.1 (CH3), 59.5 (t, J = 3.2 Hz, CH-OH),
102.1 (C5), 112.1 (dd, J = 7.3, 17.6 Hz, Ar), 116.1 (t, J = 17.7 Hz,
Ar), 131.2 (t, J = 10.5 Hz, Ar), 149.9 (C4), 150.0 (C2), 160.3 (dd,
J = 7.8, 249.0 Hz, Ar), 164.6 (C4).
N,N-5-Trimethyl-2,4-dioxo-3,4-dihydropyrimidine-1(2H)-sul-
fonamide (7)
Yield: 2.5 g (36%); mp 190–192 °C.
1H NMR (DMSO-d6): d = 1.81 (s, 3 H, CH3), 2.94 [s, 6 H, (CH3)2N],
7.78 (s, 1 H, H-6), 11.72 (s, 1 H, NH).
13C NMR (DMSO-d6): d = 12.0 (CH3), 38.1 [(CH3)2N], 110.3 (C5),
135.7 (C6), 148.3 (C2), 163.6 (C4).
MS (EI): m/z (%) = 233 (20) [M+].
MS (EI): m/z (%) = 268 (100) [M+].
Anal. Calcd for C12H10F2N2O3·0.25H2O: C, 52.85; H, 3.88; N,
10.27. Found: C, 52.51; H, 3.19; N, 10.01.
Anal. Calcd for C7H11N3O4S: C, 36.05; H, 4.75; N, 18.02. Found:
C, 36.36; H, 4.88; N, 17.77.
6-[(2,6-Difluorophenyl)fluoromethyl]-5-methylpyrimidine-
2,4(1H,3H)-dione (9)
N,N-5-Trimethyl-2-(methylthio)pyrimidin-4-amine (4)
Compound 2 (0.53 g, 2 mmol) was stirred in a mixture of 40% aq
Me2NH (15 mL) and EtOH (5 mL) for 2 h at r.t. The reaction mix-
ture was concentrated to 5 mL under reduced pressure, H2O (10 mL)
was added, and the solid product formed was filtered off and dried
to afford compound 4 as the sole product.
To a stirred solution of compound 8 (0.4 g, 1.5 mmol) in anhyd
CH2Cl2 (2 mL), was added DAST (0.3 mL, 2.3 mmol) in CH2Cl2 (1
mL) dropwise at –5 °C. The mixture was allowed to reach r.t. and
stirred for 3 h then 5% aq NaHCO3 (0.2 mL) was added, followed
by addition of H2O (5 mL) and CH2Cl2 (10 ml). The two layers were
separated and the organic layer was dried (Na2SO4) and evaporated
under reduced pressure. The residual oily product was purified by
silica gel column chromatography (Et2O) to afford compound 9.
Yield: 0.35 g (96%); mp 54–56 °C.
1H NMR (DMSO-d6): d = 2.20 (s, 3 H, CH3), 2.42 (s, 3 H, CH3S),
3.06 [s, 6 H, (CH3)2N], 7.83 (s, 1 H, H6).
13C NMR (DMSO-d6): d = 13.2 (CH3), 17.4 (CH3S), 39.5
[(CH3)2N], 110.3 (C5), 157.0 (C6), 162.8 (C2), 166.5 (C4).
MS (EI): m/z (%) = 183 (100) [M+].
Yield: 0.3 g (75%); mp 224–226 °C.
1H NMR (DMSO-d6): d = 1.50 (s, 3 H, CH3), 6.97 (d, JH,F = 43.5
Hz, 1 H, CH-F), 7.27 (t, J = 8.7 Hz, 2 H, ArH), 7.62–7.72 (m, 1 H,
ArH), 10.98 (br s, 1 H, NH).
HRMS (MALDI): m/z [MH+] calcd for C8H14N3S: 184.0903; found:
184.0894.
13C NMR (DMSO-d6): d = 8.2 (CH3), 79.5 (d, J = 174.8 Hz, CH-
F), 103.1 (C5), 112.5 (dd, J = 5.9, 16.3 Hz, Ar), 116.8 (t, J = 17.4
Hz, Ar) 133.7 (t, J = 10.8 Hz, Ar), 145.8 (d, J = 21.7 Hz, C6), 150.4
(C2), 160.5 (d, J = 7.8, 249.0 Hz, Ar), 164.2 (C4).
Anal. Calcd for C8H13N3S: C, 52.43; H, 7.15; N, 22.90. Found: C,
52.64; H, 7.32; N, 22.94.
HRMS-MALDI: m/z [MH+] calcd for C12H10F3N2O2: 271.0689;
N-Mesityl-5-methyl-2-(methylthio)pyrimidin-4-amine (5)
Compound 2 (0.53 g, 2 mmol) and 2,4,6-trimethylaniline (0.27 mL,
2.2 mmol) were refluxed in a mixture of EtOH (15 mL) and AcOH
(1 mL) for 12 h. The solvents were evaporated under reduced pres-
sure and the residual material was purified by chromatography on a
silica gel column (PE–Et2O, 3:1) to furnish compound 5.
found: 271.0693.
1-(Allyloxymethyl)-6-[(2,6-difluorophenyl)fluoromethyl]-5-
methylpyrimidine-2,4(1H,3H)-dione (10)
BSA (0.3 mL, 1.2 mmol) was added to a stirred solution of com-
pound 9 (95 mg, 0.35 mmol) in anhyd CH2Cl2 (10 mL) under a ni-
trogen atmosphere and, after 15 min, the mixture was cooled to
–50 °C. TMS-triflate (0.06 mL, 0.35 mmol) was added, followed by
bis(allyloxy)ethane (0.09 g, 0.7 mmol) and the mixture was left to
reach r.t. with stirring overnight. The reaction was quenched by ad-
dition of sat. aq Na2CO3 (0.5 mL), then H2O (10 mL) was added and
the two layers were separated. The organic phase was dried
(MgSO4) and evaporated under reduced pressure. The residual ma-
terial was purified by a silica gel column chromatography (CH2Cl2–
EtOAc, 1:1) to give compound 10.
Yield: 0.22 g (40%); mp 152–154 °C.
1H NMR (CDCl3): d = 2.10 (s, 3 H, CH3-C5), 2.14 [s, 6 H,
(CH3)2Ar], 2.23 (s, 3 H, CH3Ar), 2.30 (s, 3 H, CH3-S), 5.81 (s, 1 H,
NH), 6.90 (s, 2 H, ArH), 7.89 (s, 1 H, H-6).
13C NMR (CDCl3): d = 13.4 (CH3-C5), 13.7 (CH3-S), 18.5
[(CH3)2Ar], 20.9 (CH3Ar), 108.2 (C5), 128.6, 132.6, 135.6, 136.4
(Ar), 154.8 (C6), 159.6 (C2), 169.3 (C4).
HRMS (MALDI): m/z [M+ + H] calcd for C15H20N3S: 274.1372;
found: 274.1376.
Yield: 90 mg (76%); mp 96–98 °C.
1H NMR (CDCl3): d = 1.72 (s, 3 H, CH3), 4.18 (dt, JH,F = 5.4, 1.5
Hz, 2 H, OCH2-CH), 5.17 (dd, J = 10.2, 1.5 Hz, 1 H, HCH=CH),
5.34 (dd, J = 10.2, 1.5 Hz, 1 H, HCH=CH), 5.44 (s, 2 H, NCH2O),
5.85–5.98 (m, 1 H, CH2=CH), 6.73 (d, JH,F = 44.1 Hz, 1 H, CH-F),
Anal. Calcd for C15H19N3S: C, 65.90; H, 7.00; N, 15.37. Found: C,
65.94; H, 7.20; N, 15.43.
Synthesis 2009, No. 21, 3589–3592 © Thieme Stuttgart · New York