Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 46851255, compound

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Reaction Steps

A flask was charged with ethyl 2-cyano-3-methylbutanoate (3b, 10.0 g, 64.4 mmol), ethyl urea (3a, 5.96 g, 67.6 mmol) and EtOH (129 mL). To the slurry at room temperature was added sodium ethoxide in ethanol (21% w/w soln, 28.8 mL), mild exotherm detected. The heterogeneous reaction mixture was then heated to reflux. The reaction was refluxed for 4 to 12 h. Upon reaction completion, as determined by TLC analysis, the reaction mixture was concentrated and solvent exchanged to acetonitrile (ACN) through 3×20 mL co-evaporations leaving a basic 1-2 vol. solution in ACN. To the reaction mixture was added 1-2 vol. of water followed by a pH adjustment with 2N HCl (aq.). As the pH approached 10 white to off-with solids began forming and as the pH was further reduced to 9 (by pH paper) white slurry resulted. This slurry was aged for 0.5-24 h and then filtered. The resulting solids were washed with 1 vol. of water and 2×2 vol. MTBE. The white to off-white solids were then dried in a vacuum oven at 40-50° C. giving 4.99 g (39%) of 1-ethyl-5-isopropyl-6-amino uracil 2:

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