Phenethylamine → HCID 135494510, compound

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Reaction Steps

2-Hydroxy-benzimidic acid methyl ester from step 1a (250 mg, 1.33 mmol) was dissolved in methanol (6 mL) which contained sodium bicarbonate (110 mg, 1.33 mmol). After stirring at room temperature for 30 min, phenylethylamine (165 □I, 1.33 mmol) was added. The mixture was stirred for 4 h at room temperature, and then methyl acetoacetate (1.5 mL) and xylenes (10 mL) were added. Methanol was removed by distillation using a Dean-Stark trap, and the reaction mixture was refluxed for 3 h. The solution was cooled to room temperature and added to dichloromethane (100 mL). The mixture was extracted with water (100 mL) and the organic layer was dried with sodium sulfate containing decolorizing carbon. After filtration and concentration on the rotary evaporator, toluene (10 mL) was added to the residue, and the mixture was placed in the freezer overnight. The precipitate was filtered off and washed with cold toluene (5 mL). The product was further purified by flash chromatography on silica gel (25 g) with ethyl acetate—hexanes (7:3) as an eluent yielding 2-(2-hydroxy-phenyl)-6-methyl-3-phenethyl-3H-pyrimidin-4-one (120 mg, 22%) as a white solid.

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