5-Aminouracil → 2499-96-9

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About 20 g of 5-aminouracil, 80 ml of 20% HCl and 4 ml of crotonaldehyde were heated together under reflux for 1 hour. The solution was evaporated to dryness under rotary evaporation. Water was added to the residue so as to make the mixture just stirrable and then it was triturated with ammonium hydroxide with strong stirring until the pH increased to 10-11. Stirring was continued for another 10 minutes. The precipitate was filtered and was washed with minimal methanol and then chloroform and dried to yield about 17.58 g of the compound of FIG. 17a.

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