Hydrochloric Acid → 3-Amino-5-trifluoromethylpyrazine-2-carboxylic acid

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To a stirring solution of 3-amino-5-trifluoromethyl-pyrazine-2-carboxylic acid ethyl ester (Intermediate 1) (0.5 g, 2.126 mmol) in dry ethanol (5 ml), 2M NaOH (5.32 ml, 10.63 mmol) was added. The yellow solution was stirred at RT. After 5 minutes, the reaction mixture was poured into water (15 ml) and the pH adjusted to pH 6 by addition of 1M HCl. The yellow precipitate formed was filtered under vacuum and dried to yield the title compound. 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 13.65 (1H, s), 8.3 (1H, s), 7.86 (2H, br s)

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