Boric acid in magnetized water: clean and powerful media for synthesis of 3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2(1H)-ones

Efficient Synthesis of Dihydropyrimidines Using a Highly Ordered Mesoporous Functionalized Pyridinium Organosilica

A Brönsted acidic ionic solid pyridinium-functionalized organosilica network (PMO-Py-IL) was demonstrated to efficiently catalyse one-pot Biginelli condensation reaction. The green synthesis of 3,4-dihydro-2(H)-pyrimidinones (DHPMs) with high yield was carried out via one-pot three component condensation of β- dicarbonyls, aldehydes, and urea in the presence of a catalytic amount of PMO-Py-IL nanomaterial as an efficient nanocatalyst under solvent free conditions. Furthermore, the catalyst showed outstanding stability and could be easily separated and reused for at least ten reaction runs without significant loss of activity and product selectivity. The green protocol features simple set-up, cost-effectiveness, easy work-up, eco-friendly and mild reaction conditions.

Visible-Light-Induced Radical Condensation Cyclization to Synthesize 3,4-Dihydropyrimidin-2-(1H)-ones/thiones Using Photoexcited Na2 Eosin Y as a Direct Hydrogen Atom Transfer (HAT) Catalyst

The data suggests that Na₂ eosin Y-derived photoinduced states act as a HAT catalyst for the synthesis of 3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2-(1H)-ones/thiones in ethanol at room temperature. This research establishes a novel function for using a nonmetallic natural dye, Na₂ eosin Y, available commercially and at a cheap cost in the photochemical synthesis using the least amount of catalyst, obtaining good results, speeding up the process, and achieving a high atom economy. The TON and TOF of 3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2-(1H)-ones/thiones are computed. Furthermore, this cycle runs on the gram scale as well, indicating the possibility of industrial purposes.