“…Attempted purification by flash silica column chromatography failed. Separation by reversed phase preparative HPLC on silica gel (eluting with 80 : 20 MeOH-H 2 O at a flow rate of 15 ml min Ϫ1 ) gave unreacted starting material (HPLC yield: 51%), then 1-( (20), 279 (100), M ϩ 1, 30 Si, 29 Si and 28 Si, respectively]. Finally 1-(3trimethylsilyl-4-methoxyphenyl)-3,4,5,6-tetrahydropyrimidin-2(1H )-one 12h (HPLC yield: 26%) was eluted contaminated with the 2-isomer 12g.…”