Tetrahydrofuran → HCID 19745769, compound

Alternately, the tetrabutylammonium salt of 4,6-dimethyl-2-pyrimidinol was first prepared by placing 4,6-dimethyl-2-hydroxypyrimidine (13.0 g, 0.105 mol) in a flask, adding 65 g of 40 percent aqueous tetrabutylammonium hydroxide (0.10 mol), and removing the water by evaporation under reduced pressure at pressures down to about 10 mm Hg (1.33 kPa) at 40°-45° C. The residue amounted to 42.7 g and appeared to be a dihydrate of the desired salt. A 10.9 g portion of this (25 mmol) was placed in a 500 mL flask containing 25 mL of tetrahydrofuran. A cloudy solution formed. To this was added with stirring at ambient temperature 14 mL of a solution of methyl 2-bromo-2-phenoxyacetate in tetrahydrofuran (containing about 25 mmol). The resulting mixture was allowed to stir for 2 days. Analysis by gas-liquid chromatography indicated only one significant compound was present. A 250 mL portion of diethyl ether was added and the resulting mixture was extracted 5 times with 100 mL portions of water and then with brine. The ethereal solution was dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated by evaporation under reduced pressure to obtain the title compound in crude form as a dark borwn oil. This was filtration chromatographed on silica gel eluting first with a 10:90 mixture of diethyl ether and hexane and then with a 15:85 mixture of ethyl acetate and hexane. The product containing eluate was concentrated by evaporation under reduced pressure to obtain 2.50 g (35 percent of theory) of the title compound as a pale yellow oil. This oil solidified on standing to a light orange solid melting at 50°-53° C.

1. customremoving the water
2. customby evaporation under reduced pressure at pressures down to about 10 mm Hg (1.33 kPa) at 40°-45° C
3. customA 10.9 g portion of this (25 mmol) was placed in a 500 mL flask
4. additioncontaining 25 mL of tetrahydrofuran
5. customA cloudy solution formed
6. additionTo this was added
7. extractionthe resulting mixture was extracted 5 times with 100 mL portions of water
8. dry with materialThe ethereal solution was dried over magnesium sulfate
9. filtrationfiltered
10. concentrationconcentrated by evaporation under reduced pressure

ORD record

ord-bea19f868a354287a3368096b6b0cf23

Source dataset

uspto-grants-1992_09

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US05151113