Cyclocondensation of α-acylacetamidines with esters of 2-fluoro-5-nitrobenzoic and 4-chloro-2-methyl-5-pyrimidinecarboxylic acids

The cyclocondensation of α-acylacetamidines with esters of 2-fluoro-5-nitrobenzoic and 4-chloro-2-methyl-5-pyrimidinecarboxylic acids leads to condensed azines. The reaction proceeds chemoselectively such that the α-carbon atom of the amidine replaces the halogen atom in the aromatic ring, while the amino group reacts with the ester group. __________ Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 589–594, April, 2008.     

Cyclocondensation of 2-Fluoro-5-nitrobenzaldehyde with Amidines. New Synthesis of Isoquinolines

The direction of the cyclocondensation of 2-fluoro-5-nitrobenzaldehyde with five amidines having -hydrogen atoms has been studied. It was established that depending on the structure of the amidine the main products of the reaction may be not only quinazolines but also 3-aminoisoquinolines. A new convenient route has been found for the synthesis of 3-aminoisoquinolines consisting of the cyclocondensation of -acylacetamidines with 2-fluoro-5-nitrobenzaldehyde.