Potassium Carbonate → 5-(4'-Dimethylamino-5,6-dimethoxy-biphenyl-3-ylmethyl)-pyrimidine-2,4-diamine

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376 mg of 5-(3,4-dimethoxy-5-iodo-benzyl)-pyrimidine-2,4-diamine and 400 mg of 4-dimethylamino-phenylboric acid (Example 3a)) are treated with 40 ml of dioxan and 2.4 ml of a 2M potassium carbonate solution and 24 mg of tetrakis-tri-phenylphosphine-palladium. The mixture is heated at reflux under argon for 14 hrs. Subsequently, it is poured on to ice-water, extracted with methylene chloride, dried over magnesium sulphate and chromatographed on silica gel with methylenechloride/methanol 98:2. 327 mg (91%) of 5-(4'-dimethylamino-5,6-dimethoxy-biphenyl-3-ylmethyl)-pyrimidine-2,4-diamine are isolated as a yellowish solid. M.p. 230°.

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