New entry to a three-component pyrimidine synthesis by TMS-Ynones via Sonogashira coupling.

[reaction: see text] TMS-ynones are versatile synthetic equivalents of beta-keto aldehydes and can be readily synthesized in an atom-economical fashion by coupling (het)aroyl chlorides and (TMS)-acetylene with only one equiv (!) of triethylamine under Sonogashira conditions. This mild ynone synthesis is also a suitable entry to 2,4-disubstituted pyrimidines in the sense of a one-pot three-component reaction, i.e., a coupling-addition-cyclocondensation sequence.