N-Nitroso Group-Assisted Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution of 6-Chloro­pyrimidines: A Facile and Efficient Synthesis of Pyrimidine-4,6- and -2,4-­diamines

Abstract

An N-nitroso group was used to activate chloropyrimidines toward nucleophilic substitution by amines. This permitted a simple, one-pot, high-yielding synthesis of pyrimidine-4,6- and -2,4-diamines.

Key words

heterocycles - pyrimidines - nucleophilic aromatic substitutions - amines

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