Microwave‐assisted copper powder‐catalyzed coupling and cyclization of β‐bromo‐α,β‐unsaturated amides with amidine hydrochlorides leading to pyrimidinones

Abstract

β‐Bromo‐α,β‐unsaturated amides are coupled and cyclized with amidine hydrochlorides using microwave irradiation in the presence of a catalytic amount of copper powder and a base to give the corresponding pyrimidinones in good yields. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.