Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 178500062, compound

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Heat a solution of 25% sodium methoxide in methanol (1.49 L, 0.86 eq) at 62° C. Add a mixture of propanedioic acid dimethyl ester (1.00 kg, 7.57 mol) and ethyl 4,4,4-trifluorocrotonate (1.27 kg, 1.0 eq) dropwise over two hours. Heat the mixture at 62° C. for two hours. Cool the mixture to 30° C. Add 25% sodium methoxide in methanol (2.34 L, 1.35 eq) and formamidine acetate (867.2 g, 1.1 eq). Stir at 30° C. overnight. Cool the mixture to 0° C. and add 5 M aqueous hydrochloric acid, adjusting the pH to 4.5. Filter and wash with water (2 L). To the wet solid, add methyl tert-butyl ether (5 L). Filter, wash with additional methyl tert-butyl ether (2 L), and dry at 50° C. to give methyl 3-(4,6-dihydroxypyrimidin-5-yl)-4,4,4-trifluorobutanoate (1.05 kg, 52%).

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