Acetic Anhydride → 2-Acetamido-4-methyl-6-benzyloxypyrimidine

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Reaction Steps

Acetic anhydride (15.3 g, 0.15 mole) is added to a stirred suspension of 2-amino-4-methyl-6-benzyloxypyrimidine (23.6 g, 0.11 mole) in 150 ml of benzene. The mixture is heated at reflux for 4 hours. It is cooled, neutralized with aqueous sodium carbonate and the benzene layer separated. The benzene solution is concentrated under vacuum to an oil from which 2-acetamido-4-methyl-6-benzyloxy-pyrimidine melting at 121°-122° C. is isolated by crystallization from hexane n-butyl chloride.

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