Triethylamine-Promoted Oxidative Cyclodimerization of 2H-Azirine-2-carboxylates to Pyrimidine-4,6-dicarboxylates : Experimental and DFT Study

An unprecedented oxidative cyclodimerization reaction of 2H-azirine-2-carboxylates to pyrimidine-4,6-dicarboxylates under heating with triethylamine in air is described. In this reaction, one azirine molecule undergoes formal cleavage across the C-C bond and another across the C=N bond. According to the experimental study and DFT calculations, the key steps of the reaction mechanism include nucleophilic addition of N,N-diethylhydroxylamine to an azirine to form an (aminooxy)aziridine, generation of an azomethine ylide, and its 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition to the second azirine molecule. The crucial condition for the synthesis of pyrimidines is generation of N,N-diethylhydroxylamine in the reaction mixture in a very low concentration, which is ensured by the slow oxidation of triethylamine with air oxygen. Addition of a radical initiator accelerated the reaction and resulted in higher yields of the pyrimidines. Under these conditions, the scope of the pyrimidine formation was elucidated, and a series of pyrimidines was synthesized.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:28

Enthalten in:

Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) - 28(2023), 11 vom: 24. Mai

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zakharov, Timofei N [VerfasserIn]
Sakharov, Pavel A [VerfasserIn]
Novikov, Mikhail S [VerfasserIn]
Khlebnikov, Alexander F [VerfasserIn]
Rostovskii, Nikolai V [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

314I05EDVH
Aziridines
Azirines
Azomethine ylides
Cycloaddition
Cyclodimerization
DFT calculations
Hippurates
Hydroxylamines
Journal Article
K8CXK5Q32L
N,N-diethylhydroxylamine
Pyrimidine
Pyrimidine-4,6-dicarboxylate
Pyrimidines
Triethylamine
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Date Completed 12.06.2023

Date Revised 12.06.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/molecules28114315

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM358005442