The unexpected influence of aryl substituents in N-aryl-3-oxobutanamides on the behavior of their multicomponent reactions with 5-amino-3-methylisoxazole and salicylaldehyde.

The switchable three-component reactions of 5-amino-3-methylisoxazole, salicylaldehyde and N-aryl-3-oxobutanamides under different conditions were studied and discussed. The unexpected influence of the aryl substituent in N-aryl-3-oxobutanamides on the behavior of the reaction was discovered. The key influence of ultrasonication and Lewis acid catalysts led to an established protocol to selectively obtain two or three types of heterocyclic scaffolds depending on the substituent in the N-aryl moiety.

Ultrasonic-promoted three-component synthesis of some biologically active 1,2,5,6-tetrahydropyrimidines.

Multicomponent reactions and organic synthesis with ultrasonic activation have been used as key methods for the synthesis of tetrahydropyrimidine derivatives. The three-component condensation of 1,3-diarylprop-2-en-1-one with ammonia and aldehydes/acetone or N-substituted gamma-pyridones under ultrasonic irradiation was developed as a rapid and efficient solution-phase method for the high-yielding preparation of 2-aryl(hetaryl)-4,6-diaryl-1,2,5,6-tetrahydropyrimidines and 2,4-diaryl-1,5,9-triazaspiro[5.5]undec-1-enes. The described synthetic protocol provides rapid access to novel and diversely substituted tetrahydropyrimidines libraries. The simple, primary biological screening showed 98% of inhibitory activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis for one of tetrahydropyrimidines synthesized.

Microwave-assisted three-component synthesis of 7-aryl-2-alkylthio-4,7-dihydro-1,2,4-triazolo[1,5-a]-pyrimidine-6-carboxamides and their selective reduction.

Multicomponent reactions (MCRs) and microwave-assisted organic synthesis (MAOS) have been used as key methods for the synthesis of fused dihydropyrimidine derivatives. The three-component condensation of 3-amino-5-alkylthio-1,2,4-triazoles with aromatic aldehydes and acetoacetamides under microwave irradiation was developed as a rapid and efficient solution-phase method for the high-yielding preparation of 7-aryl-2-alkylthio-4,7-dihydro-1,2,4-triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine-6-carboxamide libraries. In addition, the selective reduction of the formed dihydrotriazolopyrimidines to trans-trans-2-alkylthio-7-aryl-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1,2,4-triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine-6-carboxamides was established. The described synthetic protocols provide rapid access to novel and diversely substituted dihydroazolopyrimidine libraries.