5-Fluorouracil → Tegafur

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

In 40 ml of pyridine were dissolved 5.2 g of 5-fluorouracil. The solution was ice cooled and 0.8 g of titanium tetrachloride was added thereto. Then, 6 ml of 2,3-dihydrofuran in 20 ml of pyridine were added to the mixture in 1.5 hours while stirring it at 80° C. The reaction was continued for 4 hours. After completion of the reaction, pyridine was removed from the reaction liquid by distillation and 500 ml of chloroform and 5 g of silica gel were added to the residue. The mixture was decolored and filtered and the filtrate was concentrated to obtain 5.5 g of 1-(2-tetrahydrofuryl)-5-fluorouracil in a yield of 69%.

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