Pinner triazine synthesis explained

The Pinner triazine synthesis describes the preparation of 2-hydroxyl-4,6-diaryl-s-triazines by reaction of aryl amidines and phosgene. This reaction may be extended to halogenated aliphatic amidines.^{[1] [2] [3]}

This reaction was first reported by Adolf Pinner in 1890^[4]

Notes and References

1. H. Schröder, C. Grundmann, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 78, 2447 (1956)
2. E. M. Smolin, L. Rapoport, The Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds, A. Weissberger, Ed., s-Triazines and Derivatives (Interscience, NY, 1959) p186
3. Merck Index 14th Ed.
4. A. Pinner, Chemische Berichte., 23, 2919 (1890)