Ammonia → Ethyl 5-methyl-4-oxo-2-(thiophen-3-ylmethyl)-3,4-dihydrothieno[2,3-d]pyrimidine-6-carboxylate

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515 Milligrams of diethyl 5-amino-3-methylthiophene-2,4-dicarboxylate and 296 mg of 3-thiopheneacetonitrile were added to 8 mL of 4N hydrogen chloride-dioxane solution and stirred for 10 hours. Thereafter the liquid reaction mixture was poured on ice, and its pH was adjusted to 8-9 with 25% aqueous ammonia. Whereupon precipitated crystals were recovered by filtration and washed first with water, and then with hexane. The crude crystals were recrystallized from a liquid mixture of N,N-dimethylformamide and cyclohexane, to provide 397 mg of the title compound.

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