Hydrochloric Acid → 4,6-Dimethyl-2(1H)-pyrimidinone hydrochloride

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To a mixture of acetyl acetone (4.0 g, 40.0 mmol) and urea (2.0 g, 33.3 mmol) in ethanol (40 mL) was added concentrated HCl (10 mL) and stirred at reflux for 3 h. The reaction mixture was cooled to 0° C. and filtered; the colourless solid was washed thoroughly with ice cold ethanol then ether and dried under vacuum to afford 4,6-dimethyl-1H-pyrimidin-2-one hydrochloride (3.5 g, 55%) as a solid.

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