Diphenyl Ether → 3-Benzyl-5-hydroxy-6,8-dimethylpyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine-4,7(3H,8H)-dione

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3-Benzyl-6-(methylamino)pyrimidin-4(3H)-one (compound 5A) (10 g, 46.5 mmol, 1 eq) and diethyl methylmalonate (16 mL, 93 mmol, 2 eq) were heated in phenyl ether (20 mL, 127 mmol) at 240° C. for 3 hours. The solution was cooled and diethyl ether (100 mL) was added. A precipitate formed which was filtered and washed with ether to give 10.5 g of the title compound as a tan solid (76%). [M+H] calc'd for C16H15N3O3, 298; found, 298.

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