Potassium Hydroxide → HCID 178518551, compound

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To a solution of the methyl 2-oxocyclopentanecarboxylate (40 g, 281 mmol) and thiourea (21 g, 281 mmol) in ethanol (200 ml) was added KOH (20 g, 356 mmol) in water (120 ml). The mixture was refluxed for 12 hour. The solvent was removed and the residue was quenched with concentrated HCl (25 mL). The precipitate was filtered, washed with water and dried to afford the 2-mercapto-6,7-dihydro-5H-cyclopenta[d]pyrimidin-4-ol (12.5 g, 26%). MS (APCI+) [M+H] +168.

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