Functionalized 5-aryldeazaalloxazines have been successfully synthesised through a one-pot, three-component reaction involving N,N-dimethylbarbituric acid, an aromatic aldehyde and aniline. By utilizing readily available reagents, this approach opens up the opportunity for the efficient formation of a variety of 5-aryldeazaalloxazines bearing electron-donating or halogen groups. This practical method is characterised by atom economy and offers a direct route to the introduction of an aryl moiety into the C(5)-position of deazaalloxazines, thereby generating novel catalysts for photoredox catalysis without the need for subsequent purification. Thus, it significantly improves existing approaches.

Department of Organic Chemistry University of Chemistry and Technology Prague Czech Republic

Faculty of Chemistry Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań Poland

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