Hydrochloric Acid → 4-(Cyclopentylamino)-2-(methylsulfanyl)pyrimidine-5-carboxylic acid

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NaOH (1 M aq, 31 mL) was added to a suspension of 4-cyclopentylamino-2-methylsulfanyl-pyrimidine-5-carboxylic acid ethyl ester (11.7 g, 41.6 mmol) in EtOH (14 mL) and the resulting mixture was heated at reflux for 1.5 h. The reaction mixture was cooled to RT and HCl (1 M aq) was added until pH 4 was reached. The white solid, which crashed out of solution, was collected by filtration, washed with water and heptane and then dried under reduced pressure to afford 10.241 g (97% yield) of 4-cyclopentylamino-2-methylsulfanyl-pyrimidine-5-carboxylic acid.

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