Mass spectra of 5-substituted N(3)-acyl-4,6-diaryl-3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2(1H)-ones are studied. The features of the dissociative ionization of their molecular ions, which occurs with ketene elimination from the acyl group, are revealed. The subsequent fragmentation of fragment ions proceeds according to the rules established for pyrimidin-2(1H)-one derivatives.Substituted 3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2(1Н)-ones and their N-acyl derivatives comprise a special structural group of heterocyclic compounds whose functional derivatives exhibit various forms of biological activity, in particular, antiviral, antitumoral, antibacterial, antifungal activities, and are modulators of calcium channels and antagonists of adrenergicOne of the most popular physical methods to study organic compounds is mass spectrometry that can be applied not only in analytical, but also structural studies to confirm the structure of biologically active compounds, including hydrogenated pyrimidines [9, 10].We have recently synthesized a series of 4,6-diaryl-3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2(1Н)-ones with a nitro group in position 5 of heterocycle (I), which exhibited high antiarrhythmic activity [11], and also a series of N(3)-acyl derivatives of 5-R 2 -4,6-diaryl-3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2(1Н)-ones (R 2 : NO 2 , COOC 2 H 5 , OPh) [12] as potentially biologically active compounds.The fragmentation main ways of molecules under electron ionization have previously been determined for 5-carbonyl substituted 4-aryl-6-methyldihydropyrimidinones [13][14][15][16][17]. Some rules of the decomposition were also found for 5-R 2 -4,6-diaryl-3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2(1Н)-ones (R 2 : OCH 3 , OAr, SPh, NHCOCH 3 ) [18].Taking into account a significant role of N-acyldihydropyrimidinones as synthons for the preparation of new biologically active compounds, we attempted to check the possibility of using mass spectrometry in the structural studies of these compounds, to estimate their relative stability and the character of the decomposition under electron ionization. We selected as the objects of study the following three types (close in chemical structure) of N(3)-acylated 5-R 2 -4-aryl-6-phenyl-3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2(1Н)-ones, where R 2 = NO 2 (compounds IIa-c, IIIa,b), R 2 = COOC 2 H 5 (compounds IVa,b,d, Va,b), and R 2 = 4-O 2 NC 6 H 4 O (compound VI), with N(3)-acetyl or chloroacetyl groups.