Synthesis 2018; 50(20): 4133-4139
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1610444
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

2-Trifluoromethyl-1,3-diazabutadienes as Useful Intermediates for the Construction of 2-Trifluoromethylpyrimidine Derivatives

Ignacio Medina-Mercado
a   Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Toluca, C.P. 50180, México   Email: mromeroo@uaemex.mx
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Ivann Zaragoza-Galicia
a   Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Toluca, C.P. 50180, México   Email: mromeroo@uaemex.mx
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b   Medicinal and Natural Products Chemistry, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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Moisés Romero-Ortega*
a   Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Toluca, C.P. 50180, México   Email: mromeroo@uaemex.mx
› Author Affiliations
The Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia is gratefully acknowledged for providing a M.Sc. fellowship to Ignacio Medina (CONACyT 581817 and grant S-26659).
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Publication History

Received: 04 May 2018

Accepted after revision: 02 June 2018

Publication Date:
16 July 2018 (online)


Abstract

A methodology to prepare 2-trifluoromethylpyrimidines has been developed on the basis of a cyclization reaction of 2-trifluoromethyl-1,3-diazabutadienes. These 2-trifluoromethyl-1,3-diazabutadienes were prepared by the condensation of trifluoroacetamidine and amide acetals or with chloromethaniminium salt derived from N,N-dimethylbenzamide with phosphorus oxychloride. The cycloaddition reactions of these 2-trifluoromethyl-1,3-diazabutadienes with DMAD and phenylacetyl chloride provided 2-trifluoromethylpyrimidine derivatives in regular to moderate overall yield.

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