functional groups (alkoxy/hydroxy and cyano/ester) are presented. Two groups of the title compounds were synthesised via aminolysis of 5-bromouracil and, subsequently, either coupling with an alkylating agent (2-chloromethoxyethyl acetate), or Michael-type addition to acrylonitrile/methyl acrylate. The reverse sequences for both syntheses were also studied. The target molecules were designed as non-nucleoside
A general and facileroute to new trisubstituted purin-8-ones A facile general route was developed to synthesise new trisubstituted purin-8-one derivatives starting from cheap and readily available 5-bromouracil. These fused planar heterocycles present key hydrogen bond donating/accepting functionalities, making them interesting scaffolds for binding to biological targets.