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HRID 1075807Generated: October 31, 2026

Hydrochloric Acid → 5-Fluorouracil

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantHydrochloric AcidHCID 313—
ReactantHCID 12610212HCID 12610212—
Product5-FluorouracilHCID 338549.9%

Reaction Steps

0.25 g of 5-fluoro-6-methoxy-5,6-dihydrouracil obtained in Example 1B above was placed in a reflux flask and then 1 ml of concentrated HCl was added to the flask. The flask contents were brought to refluxing temperature, and the precipitation of a solid soon occurred, producing 0.1 g of 5-fluorouracil.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS03954759
Source datasetuspto-grants-1976_05
ORD IDord-350f13e7133944a0898dd29a0ffca105
Source noteuspto-grants-1976_05