Hydrochloric Acid → 4-Hydroxy-4-pyrimidin-2-yl-cyclohexanone

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To the product from step A (190 mmol, 44 g) in THF (200 mL) was added HCl solution (300 mmol, 100 mL). The reaction was stirred over 2 days after which the reaction was washed using diethyl ether. The aqueous layer was then quenched using NaOH (50%) to obtain a pH of 11. The aqueous layer was extracted using EtOAc (6×300 mL). The organic layers were combined and dried over MgSO4 and concentrated in vacuo. The reaction was purified via flash chromatography to afford the desired ketone (18 g, 49%). MS (M+H)+ 193.1.

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