QSAR analysis of two sets of analogues of 2-oxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimidine was performed to investigate the relationship between their physicochemical parameters and antibacterial activity. Predictive and statistically significant models were generated. On the basis of these models new compounds were synthesized, structurally characterized and evaluated for their antibacterial potential. The potential of newly synthesized compounds was higher than the training set of compounds, in close agreement with QSAR prediction.
A variety of 4-substituted 5-acetyl- and 5-carboethoxy-2-oxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimidines were oxidized under UV irradiation in the presence or absence of benzoyl peroxide. The nature of the substituents on the 4- and 5-positions of the heterocyclic ring affects the rate of photo-oxidation, and irradiation of these compounds in the presence of benzoyl peroxide decreases the time of reaction drastically. Removal of 4-H by a benzoyloxy radical under formation of a trihydropyrimidinoyl radical intermediate occurs in the rate-determining step. The stability of this benzylic and allylic radical intermediate is affected by the nature and the position of the additional substituent on the phenyl group located at C-4.