3 Some Pyrimidines of Biological and Medicinal Interest—I

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The beginning of pyrimidine chemistry may be traced back to the isolation of alloxan, a pyrimidine derivative. The synthesis of barbituric acid from urea and malonic acid perhaps marked the next major event in the development. Since then pyrimidines have occupied a unique and important place in the fields of biological and medicinal chemistry. It is well known that uracil, thymine, and cytosine are essential constituents in nucleic acids; thiamine that possesses antiberiberi activity was the first vitamin discovered in the B series; barbiturates are widely used as sedatives; pyrimethamine is highly potent against erythrocytic parasites in antimalarial study; aminometradine (Mictine) is an orally effective diuretic; and the 5-halogen-substituted uracils and derivatives have recently been reported as antitumour or antiviral agents, or both. Other pyrimidine derivatives have been found to possess fungicidal, antibacterial, antimitotic, antithyroid and surface-anaesthesia activities. With the exception of pyrimidine antibiotics, in this chapter, pyrimidines are classified based on special structural features and functional groups. The chapter discusses the following areas: 2,4- diaminopyrimidines, halogenated pyrimidines, sulphur-substituted pyrimidines, 2-substituted 4-amino-5-hydroxymethylpyrimidines, pyrimidine sulphonamides and pyrimidine antibiotics.

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