Access to Highly Substituted Pyrimidine N -Oxides and 4-Acetoxymethyl-Substituted Pyrimidines via the LANCA Three-Component Reaction-Cyclocondensation Sequence

Article abstract of DOI:10.1055/s-0040-1706020

The LANCA three-component reaction of lithiated alkoxy-allenes (LA), nitriles (N), and carboxylic acids (CA) smoothly provides β-alkoxy-β-ketoenamides in broad structural variety. The subsequent cyclocondensation of these compounds with hydroxylamine hydrochloride afforded a large library of pyrimidine N -oxides under mild conditions and in good yields. Their synthetic utility was further increased by the Boekelheide rearrangement leading to 4-acetoxymethyl-substituted pyrimidines. With trifluoroacetic anhydride the rearrangement proceeds even at room temperature and directly furnishes 4-hydroxymethyl-substituted pyrimidine derivatives. The key reactions are very robust and work well even in the presence of sterically demanding substituents.