New simple and one-pot synthetic routes to polyfunctionally substituted imidazo-[1,2-a]pyridines, pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidines, pyrido[1,2-a]-1,3- diazepines, and imidazo[1,2-a]pyrimidines

Reactions of arylidenemalononitriles with 2-nitromethylene-substituted imidazolidine, hexahydropyrimidine, and hexahydro-1,3-diazepine afforded the title derivatives. Reaction of 2-nitromethylenehexahydropyrimidine with benzylamine or n-butylamine and formalin in a molar ratio of 1:1:2 gave the hexahydro-1H-imidazo[1,2-c]pyrimidine derivatives. Treatment of 2-nitromethyleneimidazolidine and hexahydropyrimidine with secondary aliphatic amines and formalin in a molar ratio of 1:1:1 afforded the corresponding methylene bis-compounds. ©2005 Springer Science+Business Media, Inc.