“…The coupling of compounds 2a and/or 2b with Nphthalyamino acids and N-tosylamino acids viz glycine, DL-alanine and DL-phenylalanine in the presence of N,N′dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCC) as the condensing agent 26,27 in a one-step reaction at room temperature, yielded 2-N-(phthalyl-glycyl, DL-alanyl or DL-phenylalanyl)pyrimidines 3a-f and 2-N-(tosyl-glycyl, DL-alanyl or DL-phenylalanyl) pyrimidines 4a-f, respectively.…”