6-Amino-1,3-dimethyluracil → 6-Amino-1,3-dimethyl-5-nitrosouracil

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Commercially available 6-amino-1,3-dimethyl-1H-pyrimidine-2,4-dione (10 mmol) was dissolved in 1:1 water/glacial acetic acid (50 mL total volume) at 80° C. and sodium nitrite (20 mmol) added in portions. After the addition was complete the reaction mixture was stirred at 80° C. for 1 hr. Cooled in ice for 30 mins then filtered and washed with water. The precipitate was dried in vacuo to give crude 6-amino-1,3-dimethyl-5-nitroso-1H-pyrimidine-2,4-dione as a red-violet colored solid which was of sufficient purity for subsequent use without additional purification (89%).

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