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Three-component, one-pot synthesis of 3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2-(1 H )-ones catalyzed by bromodimethylsulfonium bromide

A. Shaabani and A. Maleki

Department of Chemistry, Shahid Beheshti University, PO Box 19396-4716, Tehran, Iran

E-mail: a-shaabani@cc.sbu.ac.ir

Received: 1 November 2006  Revised: 20 February 2007  Accepted: 21 February 2007

Abstract: An efficient synthesis of 3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2-(1H)-one derivatives by one-pot three-component condensation reaction between an alkyl or aryl aldehyde, a 1,3-dicarbonyl compound, and urea or thiourea in the presence of catalytic amount of bromodimethylsulfonium bromide has been developed. The condensation product was obtained in excellent yields in refluxing ethanol and easily separated from the reaction mixture and purified.

Keywords: bromodimethylsulfonium bromide - dihydropyrimidinones - multicomponent reaction - synthesis - catalysis

Full paper is available at www.springerlink.com.

DOI: 10.2478/s11696-007-0043-2

Chemical Papers 61 (4) 333–336 (2007)