Acetic Anhydride → HCID 15147520, compound

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A mixture of 1.5 g of ethyl 4-(4-hydroxy-5-nitrophenyl)-6-methyl-2-phenyl-5-pyrimidinecarboxylate and 7.5 ml of acetic anhydride in 7 ml of tetrahydrofuran was stirred for 5 hours. The reaction mixture was evaporated in vacuo. The residue was chromatographed on silica gel eluting with a mixture of n-hexane and ethyl acetate (10:1). The fractions containing the desired product were combined and concentrated in vacuo. The crystalline residue was recrystallized from diethyl ether to give ethyl 4-(4-acetoxy-5-nitrophenyl)-6-methyl-2-phenyl-5-pyrimidinecarboxylate (0.23 g).

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