- Annulation of thioimidates and vinyl carbodiimides to prepare 2-aminopyrimidines, competent nucleophiles for intramolecular alkyne hydroamination. Synthesis of (-)-crambidine.
Annulation of thioimidates and vinyl carbodiimides to prepare 2-aminopyrimidines, competent nucleophiles for intramolecular alkyne hydroamination. Synthesis of (-)-crambidine.
A convergent synthesis of (-)-crambidine is reported. The sequence capitalizes on two novel key transformations, including a [4+2] annulation of thioimidates with vinyl carbodiimides and an alkyne hydroamination employing 2-aminopyrimidine nucleophiles.