Water → 5-Pyrimidinecarboxylic acid, 4-formyl-6-(methylthio)-2-phenyl-, ethyl ester

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To a solution of ethyl 4-methyl-6-(methylthio)-2-phenylpyrimidine-5-carboxylate (5 g 17.4 mmol) in 1.4-dioxane (50 mL) was added selenium dioxide (9.6 g, 86.5 mmol) and water (1.5 mL) and the reaction mixture was refluxed for 12 hours. Dioxane was removed in a vacuum and the crude solid suspended in ethyl acetate and filtered. The filtrate was concentrated and purified by column chromatography over silica gel using 10% ethyl acetate in petroleum ether as eluent to give the desired product (3.1 g). 1H-NMR (400 Hz, CDCl3): δ 10.10 (s, 1H), 8.54 (d, J=7.2 Hz, 2H), 7.56-7.43 (m, 3H), 4.47 (q, J=7.2 Hz, 2H), 2.67 (s, 3H), 2.64 (s, 3H), 1.42 (t, J=7.2 Hz, 3H); MS m/z 303.1 (M+1).

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