IBD-mediated oxidative cyclization of pyrimidinylhydrazones and concurrent Dimroth rearrangement: Synthesis of [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-c]pyrimidine derivatives.

Oxidative cyclization of 6-chloro-4-pyrimidinylhydrazones 4 with iodobenzene diacetate (IBD) in dichloromethane gives rise to [1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-c]pyrimidine derivatives 5a-o. These incipient products undergo feasible Dimroth rearrangement to furnish the isolated [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-c]pyrimidines 6a-o in moderate to high yields.