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Heterocyclic studies. Part VII. Action of methoxyamine and methylhydrazines on 4-hydroxypteridine and its methyl derivatives
Published 1969 · Jim D. Clark, G. Neath, Carroll N. Smith
Journal of The Chemical Society C: Organic
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Abstract
Unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine reacted with 4-hydroxypteridine and its 2-methyl derivative to give mixtures of an aminopyrazine carboxamide (III; R2= R3= H), an aminopyrazine carbohyrazide (IVb; R2= R3= H), and 4,5-diamino-6-hydroxypyrimidine (IX; R1= H or Me). The 6- and 7-methyl and 6,7- and 2,7-dimethyl derivatives of 4-hydroxypteridine gave analogous products except that no pyrimidine derivative was obtained in these cases. Methylhydrazine degraded 4-hydroxypteridines similarly.4-Hydroxypteridine and its 2- and 6-methyl derivatives were cleaved by methoxyamine to yield 4,5-diamino-6-hydroxypyrimidines (IX; R1= H or Me) and in two cases pyrazine derivatives (VIc; R2= H or Me, R1= R3= H) which still contained all the carbon atoms of the original pteridines. 4-Hydroxy-7-methylpteridine and methoxyamine gave only the pyrazine derivative (Vlc; R1= R2= H, R3= Me) while 2,7- and 6,7-dimethyl-4-hydroxypteridine gave methyl aminopyrazine carbohydroxamates (IVc; R2= H or Me, R3= Me) under the more vigorous conditions necessary for their cleavage. 1 H N.m.r. data for the products are recorded and possible mechanisms for pyrazine ring cleavage are suggested.
Methoxyamine and methylhydrazines can degrade 4-hydroxypteridine and its methyl derivatives to yield 4,5-diamino-6-hydroxypyrimidines and pyrazine derivatives, respectively.
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