Methyl chloroformate → 4H-Pyrido(1,2-a)pyrimidine-3-carboxamide, N-cyclopropyl-6-methyl-4-oxo-

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A mixture containing 16.32 g (0.08 mol) of 6-methyl-4-oxo-4H-pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidine-3-carboxylic acid and 12.4 ml (0.088 mol) of triethylamine in 480 ml of chloroform is cooled below -10° C. by ice-salt. A solution of 6.5 ml (0.08 mol) of methyl chloroformate dissolved in 40 ml of chloroform is dropped to the above mixture at a temperature between -10° C. and -17° C. during 25 minutes. After stirring for 5 minutes, 5.025 g (0.088 mol) of cyclopropylamine in 80 ml of chloroform are dropped to the above solution at the same temperature during 40 minutes. The reaction mixture is stirred for 1 hour below -10° C. and then allowed to stand overnight under cooling by ice. For working up, the reaction mixture is washed 3 times with 150 ml of 5% sodium hydrogen carbonate solution each, then 3 times with 150 ml of water each. The organic phase is dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered and evaporated to give 14.5 g (74.5%) of the named compound as light yellow crystals after recrystallization from ethanol, m.p.: 174°-176° C.

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