Research Article

Ammonium Trifluoroacetate-Mediated Synthesis of 3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2(1H)-ones

Table 2

Conditions attempted for the ammonium trifluoroacetate-mediated synthesisa.

EntryCondition adoptedTimeYield (%)

1Ethanol/catalyst/RT12 h65
2Ethanol/catalyst/80°C5 h80
3Acetonitrile/catalyst/RT10 h83
4Acetonitrile/catalyst/80°C30 min90
5Neat/catalyst/RT20 h10
6Neat/catalyst-SiO2/RT20 h15
7Neat/catalyst/80°C10 min98

aIsolated yield.