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HRID 1589245Generated: October 26, 2026

Formaldehyde → 5-Dimethylaminomethyluracil Hydrochloride

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantFormaldehydeHCID 712—
ReactantUracilHCID 1174—
ReactantDimethylamine, hydrochlorideHCID 10473—
SolventWaterHCID 962—
Product5-Dimethylaminomethyluracil HydrochlorideHCID 12267435—

Reaction Steps

Uracil (56.05 g, 0.50 mol) was refluxed with dimethylamine hydrochloride (81.55 g, 1.0 mol) and 37% aqueous formaldehyde (61 mL, 1.0 mol) in water (100 mL) for two days. The solvent was evaporated and the product triturated with methanol. After filtration and drying, the title compound was isolated (80.6 g, 78.3%).

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS04568744
Source datasetuspto-grants-1986_02
ORD IDord-07b90253f4d245ee83c65207305eb442
Source noteuspto-grants-1986_02