Hydrochloric Acid → 2-Amino-2-(pyrimidin-5-yl)acetamide

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Amino (pyrimidin-5-yl)acetonitrile (1.1 g, 8.2 mmol) is hydrolyzed by refluxing in a small volume of dilute HCl for 1 hour. The pH is raised to 10 by addition of saturated sodium carbonate and the mixture then extracted with chloroform. Evaporation of the chloroform and chromatography (silica, chloroform/methanol) gives product as a yellow solid 950 mg (81%) ms m/z=142.

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