Dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate → HCID 12285744, compound

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To a suspension of 5-aminouracil (275 g, 2.16 mol) in dry methanol (5.5 L) was added dropwise dimethyl acetylene dicarboxylate (344 g, 2.42 mol) at room temperature. After the end of the addition, the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 24 hours. The precipitate was filtered off, washed with MeOH (500 mL) and dried under vacuum to afford the title compound (430 g, 74%) as a yellow solid.

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