JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH 2009 203
Experimental
plane through the dihydropyrimidine ring atoms suggest that
the greatest displacement from zero occurs about the bonds
from N1 and C6 (carbon with aryl substituent), indicating that
the greatest degree of ring puckering occurs at these positions,
the distortion being greatest at the C6 position. The magnitudes
of ring torsion angles indicate that both C6 and N1 are
displaced from the ring in the same direction, which imparts the
boat-type conformation to the dihydropyrimidine ring
Synthesis and characterisation
Melting points were determined in open capillaries. The IR spectra
of samples as KBr pellets were recorded on a Shimadzu FTIR 8400
instrument. NMR spectra of the samples in CDCl3 were recorded on
an AMX 400 NMR spectrometer.
Ethyl 3-acetyl-4-(4-methoxyphenyl)-6-methyl-2-thioxo-1,2,3,4-tetra-
hydropyrimidine-5-carboxylate (1): Ethyl acetoacetate (3.12 g, 24 mol),
anisaldehyde (2.72 g, 20 mmol), thiourea (1.83 g, 24 mmol), and
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(25 mL). The reaction mixture was cooled, poured onto crushed ice,
and stirred for several minutes. The ethyl 4-(4-methoxyphenyl)-6-
methyl-2-thioxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimidine-5-carboxylate (3) was
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ethanol, from which it separated as a white solid (5.02 g, 82%), m.p.
172°C (lit.16ꢀPꢁSꢁꢀꢆꢍꢇ±ꢆꢍꢉꢀ&ꢈꢁ
Due to the aryl group axially bisecting this boat like
dihydropyrimidine ring, the second methoxy group, being an
additional aryl substituent, is forced into the synperiplanar
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Compound 3 (2.0 g) was mixed with acetic anhydride (10 mL) and
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by addition of water (20 mL). The acetyl derivative separated as an
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with more water. White crystals of this solid (1, 1.95 g, 86%) were
obtained by slow evaporation from a solution in chloroform.
IR: Qmax 3186, 3132, 2993, 1705, 1643, 1227, 1026 cm-1. NMR: GH
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Conclusion
Ethyl 4-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-6-methyl-2-thioxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-
pyrimidine-5-carboxylate (2):Asolution of ethyl acetoacetate (3.12 g,
24 mM), veratraldehyde (3.32 g, 20 mM), thiourea (1.83 g, 24 mM)
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After cooling, the reaction mixture was poured onto crushed ice and
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with cold water, dried and recrystallised from ethanol. Yield: 5.24
g (78%), m.p. 152°C (lit.17ꢀPꢁSꢁꢀꢆꢎꢅ±ꢆꢍꢇꢀ&ꢈꢁꢀ3DOHꢀEURZQꢀFU\VWDOVꢀ
suitable for crystallography were obtained by slow evaporation from
a mixture of ethanol and ethyl acetate.
In conclusion, the authors consider that, given the intense
interest generated by the therapeutic activities of the
dihydropyrimidines and subsequent studies conducted on
their structural aspects, the two compounds discussed here
are analogues possessing the special structural requirements
for calcium channel modulation. They are therefore highly
relevant to the design of new cardiovascular drugs and are,
therefore, suitable for further pharmacological testing.
The crystal structure analyses of the two compounds
revealed several structural aspects which are prerequisites
for calcium antagonist activity as suggested by the well-
documented structure-activity studies carried out on both
DHPs and DHPMs. These include the latent structural
asymmetry, the substituted phenyl ring at C4, the resultant
perpendicular conformation of the aromatic ring at C4 with
respect to the dihydropyrimidine ring, the non-identical
substitution at positions 3 and 5, methyl substitution at C6
and the sulfur group at C2. Further, it is interesting to note
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compound 2, which causes an enhancement of these desirable
features, suggesting optimum calcium antagonist activity.
Inspection of the extended crystal structures also showed the
IR: Qmax 3209, 3155, 2962, 1705, 1643, 1227, 1026, 1589 cm-1.
NMR: GHꢀꢌꢁꢌꢏꢀꢄVꢊꢀꢆ+ꢈꢊꢀꢋꢁꢃꢏ±ꢋꢁꢅꢇꢀꢄꢏ+ꢈꢊꢀꢋꢁꢍꢌꢀꢄVꢊꢀꢆ+ꢈꢊꢀꢎꢁꢉꢆꢀꢄTꢊꢀJ = 7 Hz,
2H), 3.81 (s, 6H), 2.39 (s, 3H), 1.26 (t, J = 7 Hz, 3H).
Crystal structure determination
The X-ray diffraction data for compounds 1 and 2 were collected
on
a Bruker Smart CCD Area Detector System using MoKa
(0.71073Å) radiation. The data were processed using SAINTPLUS.18
The structures were solved by direct methods and difference
Fourier synthesis using SHELXS97.19 The positions and anisotropic
displacement parameters of all non-hydrogen atoms were included in
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diagrams were generated using ORTEP.21
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Intensity data were collected up to a maximum of 28.13° for the
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for all data were R1 = 0.0903 and wR2 = 0.2026. The R factor for
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1±+ O hydrogen bonds in the packing of both compounds.
Crystal data for 1: C17H20N2O4S, formula weight = 348.41,
monoclinic, P21/c, a = 9.092(4)Å, b = 20.483(10)Å, c = 9.867(5)Å,
ß = 106.573(7)0, V = 1761.3(14)Å3, Z = 4, μ = 0.206 mm-1, Dx = 1.314
Mg m-3, T = 293(2)K.
Ethyl 4-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-6-methyl-2-thioxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-
pyrimidine-5-carboxylate (2)
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isotropically. The R indices for all data were R1 = 0.1043 and wR2 =
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a axis.