Cobalt perchlorate hexahydrate catalyzed one-pot synthesis of dihydropyrimidin-ones/-thiones through sonochemistry and its mechanistic study using density functional theory calculations

A cobalt(II) perchlorate hexahydrate coordinated synthesis of dihydropyrimidin-ones and -thiones through sonochemistry is developed. Herein, the reaction was demonstrated as a simple, efficient, and one-pot method for synthesizing a series of interesting 3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2(1H)-ones. Further, the reaction mechanism was investigated using mass spectrometry and density functional theory calculations suggesting that a Lewis acid character of cobalt(II) perchlorate hexahydrate plays a crucial role in coordinating carbonyl functionalities and stabilizing the polar intermediates like imine–enamine which further led to cyclized dihydropyrimidin-ones and -thiones. This methodology was further explored to synthesize a gram-scale synthesis of monastrol drug, a kinase inhibitor.