Formic Acid → 5,6-Diphenylfuro[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-ol

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A mixture of 2-amino-4,5-diphenylfuran-3-carbonitrile (2.0 g) and formic acid (24 mL) was cooled to 0° C. and acetic anhydride (24 mL) was added dropwise. The resulting mixture was stirred for 1 h. The reaction mixture was then warmed to 100° C. and stirred for 16 h. The reaction mixture was cooled and water was added (40 mL). The precipitated was filtered and washed thoroughly with water and hexanes to give 5,6-diphenylfuro[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4(3H)-one (2.1 g, 95%). 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): δ 7.94 (s, 1H), 7.56-7.52 (m, 4H), 7.46-7.43 (m, 3H), 7.32-7.28 (m, 3H), 7.22 (s, 1H). LC-MS (ESI) m/z 289.1 (M+H).

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