Ethyl Acetate → HCID 178450822, compound

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Reaction Steps

To a stirred solution of 2-(3-phenyl-pyridin-2-yl)-acetamidine (162) (300 mg, 1.10 mmol) and (E)-2-benzyloxy-3-hydroxy-but-2-enedioic acid 4-tert-butyl ester (4) (511 mg, 1.66 mmol) in methanol (5 mL) was added sodium methoxide (1.3 mL, 3.32 mmol) at 0° C., then the reaction mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature, stirred for 16 h. Silica thin layer chromatography was performed (50% ethyl acetate in hexane, Rf=0.3). After completion of the reaction, it was quenched with water, methanol was evaporated and water (30 mL) was added. The mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate (3×30 mL) and the separated organic part was dried and concentrated to get a crude product, which was purified by a CombiFlash column (eluted at 90% ethyl acetate in hexane) to get 5-benzyloxy-6-hydroxy-2-(3-phenyl-pyridin-2-ylmethyl)-pyrimidine-4-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester (163) (250 mg, 48.1%) as a yellow sticky product.

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