Acetic Acid → 2,4(1H,3H)-Pyrimidinedione, dihydro-3-methyl-1-(4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-

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At first, 4 g (0.014 moles) of N-(methylcarbamoyl)-N-(4-trifluoromethylphenyl)-β-alanine was added to a solution consisting of 45 ml of 6N-hydrochloric acid and 15 ml of acetic acid, and the mixture was refluxed with heating for 2 hours. After completion of the reaction, 50 ml of water was added thereto. The deposited crystals were recovered by filtration with suction and recrystallized from ethyl acetate-n-hexane, 3.38 g of the desired compound was obtained as colorless needle crystals having a melting point of 115°-117° C. (yield: 90.1%).

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