4-Methoxyphenol → 5-Bromo-2-(4-methoxyphenoxy)pyrimidine

Reaction equation

[Br:1][C:2]1[CH:3]=[N:4][C:5](Cl)=[N:6][CH:7]=1.[CH3:9][O:10][C:11]1[CH:16]=[CH:15][C:14]([OH:17])=[CH:13][CH:12]=1.C(=O)([O-])[O-].[K+].[K+]>C(C(C)=O)C>[Br:1][C:2]1[CH:3]=[N:4][C:5]([O:17][C:14]2[CH:15]=[CH:16][C:11]([O:10][CH3:9])=[CH:12][CH:13]=2)=[N:6][CH:7]=1

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Procedure

5-Bromo-2-chloropyrimidine (3.0 g), p-methoxyphenol (2.5 g), methyl ethyl ketone (50 ml--dried over anhydrous potassium carbonate) and anhydrous potassium carbonate (2.5 g) were heated under reflux with stirring for 6 hours. The solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure, the residue treated with water and the precipitated compound collected by filtration. The product was treated with 5% sodium hydroxide aqueous solution and the mixture stirred for approximately 30 minutes. The solid was collected by filtration, washed with water and recrystallised from methanol/water to give the title compound (3.4 g), m.p. 92° C.