Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 178430705, compound

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

An aqueous solution of NaOH (10.6 mL, 12.5N, 0.133mol) is added dropwise to a 40% water solution of pyruvic aldehyde (24 g, 9.6 g, 0.133mol) and 2-amino-malonamide (16 g, 0.136mol) at −20° C., keeping the temperature bellow 0° C. The reaction mixture is mechanically stirred overnight at r.t and then the reaction mixture is cooled to −20° C. and HCl conc. (16 mL, 0.16 mol) is slowly added keeping the temperature bellow 0° C. and stirred at r.t. for 48 h. The reaction mixture is cooled in an ice bath and the crystals formed filtered off, washed with a little water and dried with air, to give 3-hydroxy-6-methyl-pyrazine-2-carboxylic acid amide as a brown solid, (5.7 g, 28%).

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