13-Dimethyl-3456-tetrahydro-2(1H)-pyrimidinone (DMPU) is a cyclic urea sometimes used as a polar aprotic organic solvent. In 1985 Dieter Seebach showed that it is possible to substitute the relatively toxic hexamethylphosphoramide (HMPA) with DMPU.
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