Barium manganate in microwave-assisted oxidation reactions: synthesis of solvatochromic 2,4,6-triarylpyrimidines

Synthesis of 2,4,6-trisubstituted pyrimidines by tandem oxidation/heterocyclocondensation of propargylic alcohols and amidines is effected rapidly and efficiently under microwave dielectric heating using barium manganate as oxidant. Irradiation at 150 °C in ethanol–acetic acid for 45 min results in dramatic improvements in yield over the corresponding manganese dioxide-mediated method and establishes a rapid route to triarylpyrimidines in order to investigate their photophysical properties.