Water → 1-Butyl-5-(4-fluorophenyl)-6-hydroxymethyl-7-isopropyl-2,4-dioxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-pyrido(2,3-d)pyrimidine

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135 ml of a 1 molar solution of diisobutylaluminum hydride in toluene are slowly added under argon to a suspension of 19.2 g (45 mmol) of the compound from Example 3 in 400 ml of toluene at -75° C., which leads to a clear solution. After 1 hour, a further 30 ml of dibutylaluminum hydride solution are added at the same temperature, the mixture is stirred for a further hour and then allowed to warm to room temperature, 400 ml of water and 200 ml of ethyl acetate being added cautiously from -30° C. The mixture is filtered off with suction through kieselguhr and subsequently washed with ethyl acetate. After phase separation, the aqueous phase is extracted with ethyl acetate, and the combined organic phases are washed with sodium chloride solution, dried over sodium sulphate and concentrated in vacuo. The residue is chromatographed in a column (φ 6 cm) on 500 g of 230-400 mesh silica gel using petroleum ether/ethyl acetate (2:1).

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