Ethyl Acetoacetate → HCID 796646, compound

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To a suspension of 2-amino-3-benzyloxypyridine (5.01 g) in polyphosphoricacid (40 ml) was dropwise added ethyl acetoacetate (6.51 g) at 60° C., and the mixture was warmed at 100° C. for 3 hours. The mixture was poured into ice water, neutralized with sodium hydroxide and extracted with chloroform. The extract was washed with water, dried over magnesium sulfate and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by flash chromatography (methanol-chloroform) to give 9-hydroxy-2-methyl-4H-pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidin-4-one (880 mg).

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