Synthesis of thiophene-linked pyrimidopyrimidines as pharmaceutical leads

Abstract

Thiophene-substituted chalcones were cyclised with guanidine in the presence of potassium hydroxide to get 4-substituted-6-thiophenopyrimidines 2a-e which were then refluxed with acetylacetone to obtain pyrimidopyrimidines 3a-e. Compounds 2a-e were also refluxed with ethylacetoacetate to afford pyirmidopyirimidines 4a-e which on refluxing with POCl3 in presence of DMF produced compounds 5a-e. Nucleophilic substitution reactions on 5a-e were carried out with aniline to obtain 6a-e. The structures of the newly synthesised compounds have been confirmed by elemental analysis and spectral studies. Some selected compounds have been screened for antibacterial and analgesic activities. © 2014 Indian Academy of Sciences.