Potassium Carbonate → 7-(5-Hydroxy-5-methyl-6-heptynyl)-3-methylxanthine

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33.2 g (0.2 mol) of 3-methylxanthine in 350 ml of dimethylformamide were stirred with 32.1 g (0.2 mol) of 1-chloro-5-hydroxy-5-methyl-6-heptyne from Example 1B1) in the presence of 13.8 g (0.1 mol) of potassium carbonate at 120° C. for 6 hours. The hot mixture was then filtered, evaporated to dryness under reduced pressure and taken up in ethanol and, at the boiling point, diisopropyl ether was added to cloudiness, and the mixture was left to crystallize with cooling.

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