Hydrochloric Acid → 5-[[4,6-Bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)-5-hydroxy-2-pyrimidinyl]methylene]-2-(methylthio)-4(5H)-thiazolone

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To a solution of 5-[[4,6-bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)-5-hydroxy-2-pyrimidinyl]methylene]-2-thioxo-4-thiazolidinone (1.00 g, 2.85 mmol) and diisopropylethylamine (0.75 g, 5.8 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (20 mL) under nitrogen atmosphere is added methyl iodide (0.80 g, 5.6 mmol). The resulting mixture is stirred 16 hours, diluted with ethyl acetate, and with aqueous 1N hydrochloric acid solution and brine. The organic phase is dried over magnesium sulfate, concentrated, and purified by flash chromatography (SiO2, 10% ethyl acetate/hexane) followed by recrystallization from ethyl acetate and hexane to give 0.62 g (60%) of the title compound, mp 205°-208° C.

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