a Baselius College, Chemistry Department, Kottayam, Kerala 686001, India b School of Chemical Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Priyadarshini Hills, Kottayam, Kerala 686560, India
Abstract:
A facile one pot synthetic path for the preparation of pyrimidine-5-carbaldehydes from α-formylaroylketene dithioacetals is described. Amidines were allowed to react with α-formylaroylketene dithioacetals in DMF or acetonitrile to afford the pyrimidine-5-carbaldehydes. The starting compounds reported earlier were synthesized from α-oxoketene dithioacetals in excellent amount.