Transformations of 5-methyl-6-carbethoxy-3,4-dihydrothieno-[2,3-d]pyrimidine for synthesis of 4-methoxy-, 4-alkylamino-, and other derivatives of thieno[2,3-d]pyrimidine

Abstract

4-Chloro derivatives of thieno[2,3-d]pyrimidine are formed by the action of phosphorus oxychloride on 5-methyl- and 5-methyl-6-carbethoxythieno[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-ones. Action of nucleophilic reagents (methanol, sodium methylate, primary and secondary amines) on these chloro derivatives gave 4-methoxy-, 4-alkylamino-, and 4-dialkylamino substituted thieno[2,3-d]pyrimidines. It was found that 4-methoxy derivatives of thieno[2,3-d]pyrimidines undergo a thermal rearrangement into 3-methyl-substituted thieno[2,3-d]pyrimid-4-ones. In the bromination of 5-methyl-4-chloro- and 5-methyl-4-methoxy-substituted thieno[2,3-d]pyrimidines by N-bromosuccinimide, 5-bromomethyl derivatives of thieno[2,3-d]pyrimidine are formed, from which, by the action of primary and secondary amines, 5-aminomethyl-substituted thieno[2,3-d]pyrimidines were obtained. A synthesis of 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1,3-diazepino[4a,10-d,e] thieno[2,3-d]pyrimidines was also carried out.