Ammonium Hydroxide → 5-Pyrimidinecarboxylic acid, 4-amino-2-(methylthio)-, ethyl ester

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Add concentrated ammonium hydroxide (335 mL, 8.60 mol) to a vigorously stirred suspension of ethyl 4-chloro-2-(methylthio)pyrimidine-5-carboxylate (200 g, 860 mmol) in ethanol (EtOH) (450 mL) and allow to stir overnight. Collect the solids by filtration, rinse with EtOH (2×100 mL) and H2O (3×200 mL) and dry in a vacuum oven (65-70° C.) overnight to afford the title compound (164.4 g, 90% yield) as a white solid. MS (m/z): 214.1 (M+1).

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