Dimethyl Sulfate → HCID 178463891, compound

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500 cc of sodium hydroxide solution 1N are added while stirring to 91.5 g (0.5 mol) of 2-diethylamino-4,6-dihydroxy-pyrimidine. The solution is stirred at 50° for a short period and then cooled to 20°. 63 g (0.5 mol) of dimethyl sulphate are added dropwise, over the course of 1 hour, to the clear solution; by further addition of sodium hydroxide solution 1N the pH value is kept between 7.5 and 8. A total of approximately 100 cc of sodium hydroxide solution 1N is further used. The mixture is stirred for a further 5 hours at room temperature and filtered off at 5° from the precipitated crystals; then it is washed with water. The crystalline product is subsequently decomposed with 1500 cc of carbon tetrachloride by means of a vibration mixer. The undissolved parts are suction filtered and the carbon tetrachloride solution is then concentrated by evaporation, whereupon crystallization commences; 200 cc of petroleum ether are then added. The mixture is suction filtered, washed with petroleum ether and dried at 80° in a high vacuum. Optionally it may be recrystallized from benzene. M.P.: 165°-166°.

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