p-Toluenesulfonic acid → HCID 178499054, compound

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Dimethyl diacetoxyfumarate (3.2 g, 12 mmol), 2-amino imidazole (1.03 g, 12 mmol) and p-toluenesulphonic acid (395 mg, 2.0 mmol were mixed in a 25 mL flask and immersed in a preheated oil bath (120° C.). After 6 h, the reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature and ethyl acetate (10 mL) and methanol (0.6 mL) were added to the residue and the mixture was sonicated for 2 min. The resulting precipitate was collected by filtration, washed with cold ethyl acetate (1 mL) and dried on the pump to give crude product. Recrystallization from methanol gave 6-hydroxy-5-oxo-1,5-dihydro-imidazo[1,2-a]pyrimidine-7-carboxylic acid methyl ester (1.03 g, 41%).

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