Abstract

A regioselective Biginelli‐like reaction of alicyclic mono‐ketones, aromatic aldehydes, and urea in ionic liquid [BPY]BF4 has been investigated. The process is controlled by the size of alicyclic mono‐ketones and the steric hindrance of aromatic aldehydes. The reaction of cyclopentanone with urea and aromatic aldehydes afforded 7‐arylidene‐3,4,6,7‐tetrahydro‐4‐aryl‐1H‐cyclopenta[d]pyrimidin‐2(5H)‐ones (4). When cyclohexanone was used as the source of active methylene to react with urea and aldehydes with slight steric hindrance groups under the same condition, 8‐arylidene‐3,4,5,6,7, 8‐hexahydro‐4‐arylquinazolin‐2(1H)‐ones (6), a homologue of 4, were yielded, whereas 4,8‐bisaryloc‐tahydro‐1H‐pyrimido[5,4‐i]‐quinazoline‐2,10(3H,11H)‐diones (7) were obtained via the simple one‐pot reaction of cyclohexanone, urea, and aromatic aldehydes with high steric hindrance groups. The possible transitional states and mechanism of the regioselective process were discussed.

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