Water → Methyl 3-hydroxy-9,9-dimethyl-4-oxo-4,6,7,9-tetrahydropyrimido[2,1-c][1,4]oxazine-2-carboxylate

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A solution of the above crude methyl 2-(2-methoxy-2-oxoethyl)-8,8-dimethyl-2,5,6,8-tetrahydro-[1,2,4]oxadiazolo[3,2-c][1,4]oxazine-2-carboxylate (8.34 g) in 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene (80 mL) was heated at 155° C. for 9 h. The resulting dark mixture was cooled to 20–25° C. and diluted with water (50 mL). The product was extracted into 0.5M Na2CO3 (2×50 mL). The organic layer was discarded. The aqueous phases were combined and washed with CH2Cl2 (40 mL). The organic wash was discarded. The aqueous solution was acidified to pH 2.0 with 6M sulfuric acid (9.0 mL) and the product extracted into CH2Cl2 (2×20 mL). The combined CH2Cl2 layers were evaporated in vacuo. The residue was redissolved in isopropanol (75 mL) at 75° C. and the solution was treated with activated charcoal (0.85 g) at 75–80° C. for 20 min. The charcoal was removed by filtration and washed with hot isopropanol. The combined filtrate and wash was concentrated in vacuo to 40 mL. The resulting slurry was cooled slowly with stirring to 10° C. and stirred for 1 h. The solid was filtered, washed with cold isopropanol (10 mL) and dried in vacuo at 40–45° C. to afford methyl 3-hydroxy-9,9-dimethyl-4-oxo-4,6,7,9-tetrahydropyrimido[2,1-c][1,4]oxazine-2-carboxylate as an off-white crystalline solid (3.68 g).

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