1-Butanol → 2-Butoxy-4-methylpyrimidine-5-carboxylic acid

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Reaction Steps

To 1.5 ml of butanol, 0.72 g (11 mmol) of 85.5% potassium hydroxide powder was suspended, followed by drop-wise adding, under ice-cooling, a 1.5 ml of butanol solution dissolving with 1.22 g (5.0 mmol) of ethyl 2-methansulfonyl-4-methylpyrimidine-5-carboxylate. After the end of the drop-wise addition, the solution was stirred at room temperature for 3 hours. To the reaction liquid, 50 ml of water was added, and the water layer was washed with diisopropyl ether, followed by adding 10% hydrochloric acid to make acidic, and extracting with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with water and a saturated saline solution in this order, and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The solution was concentrated under reduced pressure to obtain 0.87 g (yield: 83%) of 2-butoxy-4-methylpyrimidine-5-carboxylic acid.

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