Metal-free radical C-H methylation of pyrimidinones and pyridinones with dicumyl peroxide

Metal-free radical C-H methylation of pyrimidinones and pyridinones with dicumyl peroxide

Green Chem., 2017, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C6GC03355E, Communication

Pei-Zhi Zhang, Jian-An Li, Ling Zhang, Adedamola Shoberu, Jian-Ping Zou, Wei Zhang
A method for free radical methylation of pyrimidinones and pyridinones with dicumyl peroxide under metal-free conditions is introduced. A 50 g-scale reaction could be performed safely. The product was separated by crystallization and the byproducts were recovery by distillation

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Metal-free radical C–H methylation of pyrimidinones and pyridinones with dicumyl peroxide

Pei-Zhi Zhang,^a   Jian-An Li,^a   Ling Zhang,^a  Adedamola Shoberu,^a   Jian-Ping Zou*^a and  Wei Zhang*^b  

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Corresponding authors

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Key Laboratory of Organic Synthesis of Jiangsu Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Soochow University, 199 Renai Street, Suzhou, China
 E-mail: jpzou@suda.edu.cn

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Centre for Green Chemistry and Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, USA
 E-mail: wei2.zhang@umb.edu

Green Chem., 2017, Advance Article

DOI: 10.1039/C6GC03355E

A new method for free radical methylation of pyrimidinones and pyridinones with dicumyl peroxide (DCP) under metal-free conditions is introduced. A 50 g-scale reaction could be performed safely at the desired concentration. The reaction solvent and DCP derivative were readily recovered by distillation. The product was purified by crystallization to minimize the amount of waste.


2,6-diphenyl-5-methylpyrimidinone

Colorless solid, mp 258−260 °C, 73% yield (191 mg).

1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6): δ 12.85 (s, 1H), 8.17 (d, J = 7.1 Hz, 2H), 7.68 (d, J = 6.6 Hz, 2H), 7.53 (dd, J = 14.3, 6.8 Hz, 6H), 2.10 (s, 3H).

13C NMR (101 MHz, CDCl3): δ 161.15, 152.97, 138.68, 132.26, 131.62, 129.11, 129.02, 128.86, 128.15, 127.45, 119.09, 12.65.

 HRMS (ESI-TOF) m/z: (M+H)+ Calcd for C17H15N2O 263.1184, found 263.1194.





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