Se. Watson et al., NOVEL METHODOLOGY FOR THE PREPARATION OF 5-SUBSTITUTED TETRAHYDRO[2,3-D]DIPYRIMIDINES, Synthetic communications, 28(10), 1998, pp. 1897-1905
A convenient, concise route for the preparation of tetrahydropyrido[2,
3-d]pyrimidines functionalized at the 5-position is presented starting
from acyclic aldehydes. Key steps involve a high yielding Knoevenagel
condensation, 1,4 conjugate addition with an allylcuprate and a pyrim
idine annulation using guanidine hydrochloride. An improved synthesis
of the starting aldehyde, ethyl 4-propalbenzoate is presented.