PdO-Catalyzed Synthesis of Tricyclic Compounds Using Biginelli-Like Reaction.

Abstract An efficient method has been successfully developed for the synthesis of oxygen-bridged pyrimidine tricyclic derivatives from salicylaldehyde, ethyl acetoacete, and urea catalyzed by PdO in very good yield. A series of different oxygen-bridged pyrimidine tricyclic derivatives has been synthesized, in which two compounds’ x-ray crystal structure were obtained.