Potassium Carbonate → Ethyl 3-acetyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-4-(2-hydroxy-5-nitrophenyl)-6-methyl-2-oxo-5-pyrimidinecarboxylate

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To a suspension of the Compound 1a (1.03 g) in ethanol (60 mL) at ambient temperature was added potassium carbonate (2.0 g). After stirring for 18 hours, to the reaction mixture was added saturated aqueous ammonium chloride. The reaction mixture was then extracted with methylene chloride and the combined organic extracts were dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and filtered. The filtrate was concentrated in vacuo and the residue purified by flash chromatography on silica gel eluted with methanol:methylene chloride (3:97) to yield the desired product as a solid.

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