Dihydropyrimidines 7 are prepared in high yield by a one-pot condensation of aldehydes, acetoacetates, and ureas using a polyphosphate ester-mediated cyclocondensation reaction. Yields are significantly higher than utilizing classical Biginelli reaction conditions.
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Kappe et al. (1998) studied this question.