The Free Internet Journal Review for Organic Chemistry Archive for Arkivoc 2018, part vi, 85-138 Organic Chemistry Amidines: their synthesis, reactivity, and applications in heterocycle synthesis Ashraf A. Aly,*a Stefan Bräse,b,c and Mohsen A.-M. Gomaaa a Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Minia University, El-Minia-61519, Egypt b Institute of Organic Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology,76131 Karlsruhe, Germany c Institute of Toxicology and Genetics, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany E-mail:
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[email protected] Received 04-27-2018 Accepted 07-10-2018 Published on line 09-02-2018 Abstract The reactivity of amidines makes them valuable as building blocks for the synthesis of heterocyclic motifs of biological relevance, for functional materials, for organo-catalysts and as ligand in metal-complexes. As a large number of publications have recently reported on the reactivity of amidines, we compiled some features of these interesting molecules. Consequently, this article aims to review the preparation of functionalized amidines and to highlight their use as starting materials in the synthesis of various organic molecule classes, especially heterocyclic structures. In this review, we cover also related name reactions such as the Pinner reaction. Keywords: Amidines, preparation, three-membered rings, four-membered rings, five-membered rings, heterocycles; secretase inhibitor; Pinner reaction; Pinner salt, amidinium salts; Baylis-Hillman DOI: https://doi.org/10.24820/ark.5550190.p010.607 Page 85 ©ARKAT USA, Inc Arkivoc 2018, vi, 85-138 Aly, A. A. et al. Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Amidines as Naturally Occurring Compounds 3.