Studies on Pyrimidines: Synthesis of Pyrimidine-Annelated Heterocycles from 5-Amino-6-cyclohex-2-enyl-1, 3-dimethyl-uracil

Summary.  Treatment of 5-amino-6-cyclohex-2-enyl-1, 3-dimethyl-uracil with pyridinium hydrotribromide or hexamethylenetetrammonium hydrotribromide furnished the corresponding linear heterocyclic 6-bromo-1, 3-dimethylhexahydroindolo[3,2-d]pyrimidine-2, 4-diones in 90% yield. Reaction of the same educt with molecular bromine in chloroform afforded the bicyclic 9-bromo-1, 3-dimethylhexahydrobicyclo[3.3.1]indolo[3,2-d]pyrimidine-2, 4-diones in 85% yield. Upon treatment of the above substrate with cold concentrated sulfuric acid, a mixture of 1, 3-dimethylhexahydro-indolo[3, 2-d]pyrimidine-2, 4-dione (28%) and 1, 3-dimethylhexahydrobicyclo[3.3.1]indolo[3, 2-d]pyrimidine-2, 4-dione (60%) was obtained. Received August 4, 2000. Accepted (revised) November 15, 2000