Abstract
6-Cyano-9-substituted-9H-purines were prepared in a high yielding, one-step process by refluxing triethyl orthoformate or triethyl orthopropionate with the corresponding (Z)-N1-(aryl- or benzyl)-N2-(2-amino-1,2-dicyanovinyl)formamidines. Attempted reaction of these cyanopurines with aqueous methylamine furnished 8-(arylamino)-4-imino-3-methylpyrimidino[5,4-d]pyrimidines, by attack at the imidazole ring rather than addition to the 6-cyano group. All compounds have been fully characterised by spectroscopic data and an X-ray crystal structure determination has been carried out on the 8-(4-methoxyanilino)-4-imino-3-methylpyrimidino[5,4-d]pyrimidine.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2532-2537 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin Transactions 1 |
Issue number | 20 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2001 |
Keywords
- Crystal structure; Molecular structure (of 8-(4-methoxyanilino)-4-imino-3-methylpyrimidino[5,4-d]pyrimidine); Ring enlargement (prepn. and ring-expansion of cyanopurines)
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CCDC 167808: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
Al-Azmi, A. (Contributor), Booth, B. L. (Contributor), Carpenter, R. A. (Contributor), Carvalho, A. (Contributor), Marrelec, E. (Contributor), Pritchard, R. (Contributor) & Proença, J. R. P. (Contributor), Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, 1 Jan 2001
DOI: 10.5517/cc5mm5k, http://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/services/structure_request?id=doi:10.5517/cc5mm5k&sid=DataCite
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