Sodium Hydroxide → 2-methyl-4H-thiazolo[5,4-d]pyrimidine-5,7-dione

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To a suspension of 2-methyl-5-ureido-thiazole-4-carboxylic acid ethyl ester (21.0 g, 0.079 mol) in iPrOH (300 mL) was added an aqueous solution of NaOH (3 M, 26 mL, 0.078 mol) at 80° C. The thick white suspension was heated at 80° C. for 45 min, then diluted with H2O and cooled to 0° C. The reaction mixture was acidified to pH 3 and the precipitate collected by filtration. The white solid was washed with H2O and dried in vacuo at 60° C. for 17 h to give the title compound as a white solid (12.3 g, 83%).

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