Acetylacetone → (5,7-Dimethyl-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidin-2-yl)methanol

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The title compound was prepared by a slight modification of a reported procedure (Lippman, E.; Becker, V., Z. Chem., 1974, 14, 405): A solution of (5-amino-1H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)methanol glycolate (30.7 g, 0.161 mol, from Step 1, above) and 2,4-pentadione (32.3 g, 0.323 mol, 2 equiv) in a mixture of EtOH (750 mL) and AcOH (250 mL) was refluxed 20 h. At the beginning the reaction mixture was clear solution, then gradually turned yellow towards the end of the heating period. The solvent was removed under reduced pressure, and the resulting yellow paste triturated with EtOH (100 mL) and stirred for 15 min. The slurry was chilled to 5° C. (ice bath) with stirring for 30 min, filtered, and washed with cold (0–5° C.) EtOH. The product was dried in vacuo at 25–30° C. to give 24 g (83.7%).

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