Ylides of heterocycles. VII.. I-, N-, P- and S-ylides of pyrimidones

The reaction of pyrimidone derivatives 1a-d with iodosobenzene prepared in situ from diacetoxyiodobenzene or dichloroiodobenzene afforded the iodonium-ylides 2a-d in good yields. Their thermal rearrangement produced 5-iodo-4-phenoxy-pyrimidin-6(1H)-ones 3a-c . Reductive deiodination of 3 gave the corresponding 4-phenoxypyrimidin-6(1H)-ones 4a-c . Acid catalized treatment of the iodonium-ylides 2a-d with nucleophiles such as pyridine, nicotinamide, isoquinoline, or triphenylphosphine produced the corresponding N- or P-ylides 7, 8, 9 , and 10 , respectively. The thiophanium-ylides 11a,c were obtained from the iodonium-ylides 2 without the use of a catalyst. The pyridinium-ylides 7 have been also prepared from the 5-halopyrimidones 5 or 6 which in turn could be obtained from the reactive iodonium-ylides 2 with hydrochloric or hydrobromic acid, respectively.