A novel approach to the synthesis of fully substituted pyrimidine derivatives armed with an oxy-functionalized acetate chain at the ring is described. The manifold uses amidines as the nitrogen source and activated skipped diynes as the electrophilic reactive partners in a coupled domino strategy. In the first domino reaction, two consecutive aza-Michael additions assemble the six-membered ring...

Ethyl 2-[2-(4-nitrobenzoyl)-1H-indol-3-yl]acetate was prepared in good yield and characterized by the aza-alkylation/intramolecular Michael cascade reaction of (E)-ethyl 3-[2-(tosylamino)phenyl]acrylate with 2-bromo-4′ ′-nitroacetophenone, followed by desulfonative dehydrogenation with 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene (DBU) The structure of the newly synthesized compound was determined using ...

An efficient synthesis of novel 2,3-dihydro-4H-pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidin-4-ones has been reported. Inexpensive and readily available substrates, environmentally benign reaction condition, and product formation up to quantitative yield are the key features of this methodology. Products are formed by the aza-Michael addition followed by intramolecular acyl substitution in a domino process. The polar...

A transition-metal-free and base-promoted one-pot reaction of ynones with 2-aminobenzonitriles is described. The was initiated through sequential aza-Michael addition/intramolecular annulation to afford various multisubstituted 4-aminoquinolines 4-amino-1,8-naphthyridines in good excellent yields. Operational simplicity, high atom-economy broad substrate scope makes this protocol more attractiv...

An unprecedented organocatalytic enantioselective formal synthesis of bromopyrrole alkaloid natural products is reported. An organocatalytic aza-Michael addition using pyrroles as the N-centered nucleophile is utilized as the enantioselective step to construct the nitrogen-substituted stereogenic carbon center in bromopyrrole alkaloids in good yield and excellent enantioselectivity. The aza-Mic...

Remifentanil is a modern fentanyl analogue with ultrashort-action granted by an esterase-labile methyl propanoate chain. Here, we present the development of continuous flow methodology for key N-alkylation step remifentanil preparation in biphasic, “slug-flow” regime. We screened parameters under microwave-assisted reactions, translated conditions to settings, and obtained 15-min residence time...

Aza-Michael addition of amines, including aromatic and aliphatic amines, with α, β-unsaturated ketones was realized employing N-Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC) as organocatalyst, yielding β-amino ketones with up to 98% yield.

the imine intermediate generated by the addition of primary amine to the cinnamaldehyde is trapped by the n-isocyaniminotriphenylphosphorane (ph3pnnc) and a carboxylic acid, and leads to the formation of the corresponding iminophosphorane intermediate. the 1,3,4-oxadiazole derivatives are formed via intramolecular aza-wittig reaction of the iminophosphorane intermediate. the reactions were comp...