title: Chemotherapeutic agents, XVIII: Synthesis of pi-deficient pyrimidines and fused pyrimidines as leishmanicidal agents.
abstract: Synthesis of 6-aryl-5-cyano-2-thiouracils 1a-d from the condensation-cyclization of an aromatic aldehyde, thiourea and ethyl cyanoacetate has been described. Alkylation of 1a-d under different reaction conditions with mono- and dihalo-alkanes yielded 2, 3, and 6. Interaction of 1 with POCl3 provided halopyrimidines 8a,b. Nucleophilic substitution on 8 and 3 with aromatic amines gave 9a-d and 7a-d respectively. 6-Chloro-5-nitro-3-methyluracil (11) obtained by nitration of 10 underwent nucleophilic substitution with amines providing 12. Some of the compounds screened as leishmanicides did not exhibit any significant activity.
authors.affiliation: Medicinal Chemistry Division, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow.
authors.forename: V J
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: Ram
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D006224:Cricetinae; D007893:Leishmania donovani / Q000187:drug effects; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D011743:Pyrimidines / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents; D011743:Pyrimidines