Aj. Thakur et al., Studies on 6-[(Dimethylamino)methylene]aminouracils: a facile one-pot synthesis of pyrimido[4,5-d]pyrimidines and pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidines., SYNLETT, (8), 2001, pp. 1299-1301
6-[(Dimethylamino)methylene] amino-1,3-dimethyl uracil 1 undergoes formal [
4+2] cycloaddition reaction with non conjugated imines to give pyrimido[4,5
-d]pyrimidines 3. When reacted with conjugated imines and alpha,beta -unsat
urated nitro compounds cycloaddition also occurs leading to unexpected pyri
do[2.3-d]pyrimidines 5 and 9, respectively.