Methanol → 6-Ethylpyrimidin-4-ol

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Reaction Steps

90 g (0.58 mol) 4-Hydroxy-2-mercapto-6-ethyl pyrimidine and 270 g Raney-Nickel are suspended in water (1000 mL). The suspension is heated and stirred under reflux over night. Full conversion is detected by TLC (10% MeOH in DCM). The catalyst is filtered off over celite and the filtrate is evaporated to give crude product as a pale green solid (70.0 g; 98%). The product is used without further purification for the next step.

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