We had reported that s-triazine can readily be converted into the corresponding 5-substituted pyrimide. In order to develop new synthetic method of 5-fluorouracil, we tried to replace eliminating fragment, 1, 3-dimethylurea, by fluoroacetamide, wh...
We had reported that s-triazine can readily be converted into the corresponding 5-substituted pyrimide. In order to develop new synthetic method of 5-fluorouracil, we tried to replace eliminating fragment, 1, 3-dimethylurea, by fluoroacetamide, which was expected to undergo nucleophilic attack by proton extraction of both .alpha.-hydrogen and aminohydrogen by lithium diisopropylamide (LDA). We found that 5-fluorouracil could be transformed from s-triazine under strong base condition like LDA as well as other 5-substituted pyrimidines.