Hydrochloric Acid → 3-Ethoxy-2-hydroxy-5-(2-oxo-5,6-diphenyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimidin-4-yl)benzonitrile

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A mixture of 3-ethoxy-5-formyl-2-hydroxybenzonitrile (285 mg, 1.5 mmol), 1,2-diphenylethanone (320 mg, 1.6 mmol), and urea (270 mg, 4.5 mmol) in anhydrous EtOH (5 mL) was added concentrated HCl solution (0.5 mL). The reaction mixture was refluxed overnight. TLC (EtOAc:MeOH=10:1) showed 40% of the starting materials were consumed. The reaction mixture was concentrated, and purified by column chromatography (EtOAc:MeOH=40:1) and preparative HPLC to afford Compound 69 as a yellow solid (280 mg, yield: 45.7%). 1H NMR (DMSO-d6 400 MHz TMS): δ 10.30 (s, 1H), 8.70 (d, J=1.2 Hz, 1H), 7.47 (s, 1H), 7.20-7.27 (m, 5H), 7.16 (d, J=1.6 Hz, 1H), 6.98-7.06 (m, 4H), 6.80-6.82 (m, 2H), 5.14 (d, J=2.4 Hz, 1H), 4.00-4.10 (m, 2H), 1.33 (t, J=7.2 Hz, 3H); MS (ESI): m/z 412.1 [M+1]+.

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