(1) Armenian Agricultural Academy, Yerevan, 375009, Armenia
Abstract:
The reaction of a mixture of formaldehyde and sodium cyanide or of lactic acid nitrile with trimethyl(6-methoxy-4-methylpyrimidinyl-2)ammonium chloride give the 2-(6-methoxy-4-methylpyrimidinyl-2-oxy)alkanoic acid nitriles. They were subsequently converted to the corresponding alkyl esters by a Pinner reaction and then to their 2-(5-halo-6-methoxy-4-methylpyrimidinyl-2-oxy) derivatives using N-halosuccinimides.