Urea, (3-methoxyphenethyl)- → 1-[2-(3-Methoxyphenyl)ethyl]pyrimidine-2,4,6(1H,3H,5H)-trione

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Sodium (236 mg, 10.2 mmol, 2 eq.) was added to degassed EtOH (18 mL), when sodium dissolved completely, ethyl malonate (1.56 mL, 10.2 mmol, 2 eq.) was added and the reaction was refluxed for 1 h. Intermediate 1 (995 mg, 5.12 mmol, 1 eq.) in EtOH (4 mL) was then added and the reaction was refluxed for 1 day. The desired intermediate 37 1-[2-(3-methoxy-phenyl)-ethyl]-pyrimidine-2,4,6-trione precipitated upon addition of 2N aqueous HCl, it was filtered and washed with H2O and finally dried.

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