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A method for the synthesis of 2-substituted pyrimidine-5-carboxylic esters is described. The sodium salt of 3,3-dimethoxy-2-methoxycarbonylpropen-1-ol has been found to react with a variety of amidinium salts to afford the corresponding 2-substituted pyrimidine-5-carboxylic esters.
P. Zhichkin, D. J. Fairfax, S. A. Eisenbein, Synthesis, 2002, 720-722.


A novel and efficient synthesis of pyrimidine from β-formyl enamide involves samarium chloride catalysed cyclisation of β-formyl enamides using urea as source of ammonia under microwave irradiation.
M. G. Barthakur, M. Borthakur, P. Devi, C. J. Saikia, A. Saikia, U. Bora, A. Chetia, R. C. Boruah, Synlett, 2007, 223-226.


The coupling of acid chlorides with terminal alkynes using one equivalent of triethylamine under Sonogashira conditions followed by subsequent addition of amines or amidinium salts to the intermediate alkynones allows a straightforward access to enaminones and pyrimidines under mild conditions and in excellent yields.
A. S. Karpov, T. J. J. Müller, Synthesis, 2003, 2815-2826.


A single-step conversion of various N-vinyl and N-aryl amides to the corresponding pyrimidine and quinazoline derivatives involves amide activation with 2-chloropyridine and trifluoromethanesulfonic anhydride followed by nitrile addition into the reactive intermediate and cycloisomerization.
M. Movassaghi, M. D. Hill, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128, 14254-14255.


A photochemically induced Fries rearrangement of anilides gave several ortho-aminoacylbenzene derivatives that were acylated. These acylamides underwent rapid microwave-assited cyclization to 2,4-disubstituted quinazolines (and benzoquinazolines) in the presence of ammonium formate.
S. Ferrini, F. Ponticelli, M. Taddei, Org. Lett., 2007, 9, 69-72.

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Novel 10-membered pyrimidine enediynes were synthesized in seven and eight steps, respectively. These compounds were compared for their abilities to undergo Bergman cyclization both thermally and photochemically and to cleave dsDNA under the appropriate conditions.
N. Choy, B. Blanco, J. Wen, A. Krishan, K. C. Russel, Org. Lett., 2000, 2, 3761-3764.