Methanol → Methyl 4-(3-oxo-2,3-dihydro-1,2,4-triazin-6-yl)benzoate

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A mixture of methyl 4-(diethoxyacetyl)benzoate (15.4 g, 0.0578 mol), semicarbazide hydrochloride (7.1 g, 0.064 mol), N,N-diisopropylethylamine (12 mL, 0.069 mol) in 1,2-dichloroethane (150 mL), and methanol (2 mL) was heated at 95° C. for 4 h. To the mixture was added an additional 0.1 equivalents of semicarbazide hydrochloride. The mixture was stirred at 95° C. for 1 h. After cooling, the mixture was diluted with methylene chloride and washed with water and brine, dried over Na2SO4, filtered, and concentrated. The residue was refluxed with acetic acid (100 mL) and water (1.0 mL) overnight. The mixture was concentrated to yield quantitative crude material which was directly used in the next step without further purification.

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