Method of preparing 2,4-dihydroxypyrimidine

US4476306A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Dynamit Nobel GmbH · DE

Inventor

• Hermann Peeters · Siegburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 23, 1982
• Grant date: Oct 9, 1984
• Expiry date: Jul 23, 2002

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07D239/56
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

2,4-Dihydroxypyrimidine (uracil) is prepared from alkali formyl acetic acid ester by reaction with thiourea, heating with chloroacetic acid, and heating with acids.