Hydrochloric Acid → Ethyl 1,6-dihydro-2-[2-(2-methylpropoxy)anilino]-6-oxo-5-pyrimidinecarboxylate

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Diethyl morpholinomethylenemalonate (20.0 g) is added to a solution of N-[2-(2-methylpropoxy)phenyl]guanidine (16.1 g) and potassium carbonate (21.5 g) in ethanol (40 ml) and water (40 ml), and the mixture is heated with stirring at 60° C. for 3 hours. After the reaction is completed, water (100 ml) is added to the reaction mixture with stirring under water-cooling, and the mixture is acidified to pH 3 with 10% aqueous HCl. The resulting precipitate is collected by filtration and dissolved in chloroform (300 ml). The chloroform layer is washed with water twice, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and then concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue is recrystallized from DMF to give ethyl 1,6-dihydro-2-[2-(2-methylpropoxy)anilino]-6-oxo-5-pyrimidinecarboxylate (16.0 g). M.p. 175°-177° C.

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