N-(5-nitropyrimidin-2-yl)acetamide → N-(5-aminopyrimidin-2-yl)acetamide

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To N-(5-nitropyrimidin-2-yl)acetamide (0.54 g, 3.0 mmol) suspended in EtOH (20 mL) under N2 was added palladium, 10 wt. % on activated carbon (0.32 g, 0.3 mmol). The reaction mixture was hydrogenated under 1 atm of H2 at RT for 2 h and then filtered through a pad of celite and washed with MeOH. The filtrate was concentrated to give N-(5-aminopyrimidin-2-yl)acetamide as a light-yellow solid. MS (ESI, pos. ion) m/z: 153 (M+1).

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