Water → HCID 178441853, compound

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Reaction Steps

A mixture of 6.4 g of 2-butyl-6-iodo-4(1H)-quinazolinone in 25 ml of pyridine is added 3.6 g of copper(I) cyanide followed by heating at reflux for 16 hours. The reaction mixture is poured into water and stirred at room temperature for 8 hours. The suspension is filtered and the cake washed well with water and air dried. The solid is dissolved in 3:1 chloroform-methanol and dried with MgSO4. The volatiles are evaporated in vacuo to give 3.2 g of the desired product as a solid. m.p. 243°-45° C.

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