Hydrochloric Acid → 2-(Benzylthio)pyrimidine-4,6-diol

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To a solution of 4,6-dihydroxy-2-mercaptopyrimidine (100 g) in 5M NaOH (360 ml) was added first NMP (200 ml), then benzyl bromide (90 ml) dropwise over 2 hours. The reaction was stirred at room temperature for 24 hours, then acidified to pH 2 with conc HCl (100 ml) added dropwise over 2 hours at −5° C. to give a pink precipitate. This was isolated by decanting off the solution followed by trituration with diethyl ether (1 liter) to give the subtitled product as a white powder after filtration and drying (210 g).

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