Triethylamine → 4H-Pyrido(1,2-a)pyrimidine-3-carboxamide, N-(1,1-dimethylpropyl)-6-methyl-4-oxo-

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A mixture containing 8.16 g (0.04 mol) of 6-methyl-4-oxo-4H-pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidine-3-carboxylic acid and 6.2 ml (0.044 mol) of triethylamine in 240 ml of chloroform is cooled below -10° C. by ice-salt. A solution of 4 ml (0.042 mol) of ethyl chloroformate in 20 ml of chloroform is dropped to the above mixture at a temperature between -12° C. and -17° C. during 15 minutes. After stirring for 5 minutes, 3.84 g (0.044 mol) of tert.-pentylamine dissolved in 40 ml of chloroform are dropped to the above solution at the same temperature during 15 minutes. The reaction mixture is stirred for 1 hour at about -10° C. and then allowed to stand overnight under cooling by ice. For working up, the reaction mixture is washed 3 times with 50 ml of 5% sodium hydrogen carbonate solution each and then 3 times with 50 ml of water each. The organic phase is dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered and evaporated. The residue slowly becomes crystalline to give 5.9 g (54%) of the named compound, m.p.: 87°-89° C. after recrystallization from ethanol.

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