Hydrochloric Acid → 55675-67-7

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The amount of 5 g. of 5-hydroxy-5-(1-phenylethyl) barbituric acid, prepared following the procedure described in Belgian Pat. No. 775,117, was dissolved in a mixture of pivaloyl chloride (5 ml.) and 60 ml. pyridine. The mixture was heated at 75°C overnight, then cooled and poured into ice containing 60 ml. of concentrated hydrochloric acid. The product was extracted four times with ethyl acetate, and the combined extracts washed with saturated sodium chloride solution, sodium bicarbonate solution, dilute hydrochloric acid and sodium chloride solution. After drying over anhydrous sodium sulfate, solvent was removed by evaporation on a Buchi Rotovapor apparatus. The resulting product was purified by column chromatography (230 g. silica gel). Elution with 5% ethyl acetate in benzene solution followed by recrystallization from benzene provided 5-pivaloyloxy-5-(1-phenylethyl) barbituric acid, m.p. 205°-207°C.

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