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

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7-Methyl-pteridine-2,4-diol (prepared by the procedure of ‘Synthesis of 2,6-Disubstituted pyrazines and Related Derivates’, Sharefkin, D. M. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1959, 345) (4 g, 22.5 mmol) is suspended in a solution of NaOH (2.17 g, 53 mmol) in H2O (20 ml), in an autoclave, and the mixture is heated to 150° C. for 3 days. The reaction mixture is cooled to room temperature and the pH is adjusted to 2.5 by the slow addition of 6M HCl (98 ml). The resulting suspension is cooled in a fridge for 1.5 hours, and the solid is then collected by filtration, washed with cold H2O, and MeOH, and dried in vacuo to yield 3-amino-5-methyl-pyrazin-2-carboxylic acid as a beige solid. [M+H]+ 154

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