Acetic Anhydride → HCID 136109365, compound

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A stirred mixture of 7.20 g (28.1 mmol) of 3-(2,4-diamino-1,6-dihydro-6-oxo-5-pyrimidinyl)propionaldehyde diethyl acetal, 30 ml of dry pyridine and 30 ml of freshly distilled acetic anhydride was heated on an oil bath at 90° for 6 hours and then stirred at ambient temperature overnight. Solution occurred within 15 minutes as a mixture of diacetyl and triacetyl pyrimidinone formed; extended reaction was required to obtain only the title compound. The solution was spin evaporated in vacuo to give an oil. Ethyl acetate was added and spin evaporated several times until a solid was obtained. The solid was dispersed in cyclohexane and collected; yield, 8.88 g (82%), mp 126°-137° (one spot on TLC). Recrystallization of a portion from cyclohexane-ethylacetate gave the analytical sample, mp 138°-139°; TLC (C6H6 :EtOH/5:1); NMR (DMSO-d6) δ 1.08 (t, 6H, 2CH2CH3), 1.63 (m, 2H, CH2CH2CH), 2.13 (s, 3H, Ac), 2.27 (s, 6H, 2Ac), 2.2 (2H, CH2CH2CH, superimposed on the acetyl singlets), 3.2-3.7 (m, 4H, 2×OCH2), 4.42 (t, 1H, CH), 11.87 (br s, 2H, AcNH and HNC(O)).

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