Some specific features of acid nitration of 2-substituted 4,6-dihydroxypyrimidines. Nucleophilic cleavage of the nitration products

The nitration of 2-substituted 4,6-dihydroxypyrimidines in concentrated sulfuric acid yields the corresponding 5,5-dinitro derivatives. When the substituent in position 2 is an alkyl group, the nitration occurs both at position 5 and at the cx-carbon atom of the side chain. Hydrolysis of 2-substituted 4,6-dihydroxy-5,5-dinitropyrimidines leads to formation of 1,1-diamino-2-R-2-nitroethylene derivatives. 1,1-Diamino-2,2-dinitroethylene was obtained by nitration of 4,6-dihydroxy-2-methylpyrimidine and subsequent hydrolysis of 4,6-dihydroxy-5,5-dinitro-2-(dinitromethylene)-2,5-dihydropyrimidine.