Thionyl chloride (0.3 ml) was added to a solution of 4-hydroxymethyl-2-methylpyridine (240 mg, 1.9 mmol) in toluene (10 ml) and the mixture stirred at ambient temperature for 2 hours. The volatiles were removed by evaporation, the residue azeotroped with toluene and dried under vacuum to give crude 4-chloromethyl-2-methylpyridine hydrochloride which was used directly. This product was then added to a mixture of 4-(4-chloro-2-fluoroanilino)-7-hydroxy-6-methoxyquinazoline (510 mg, 1.6 mmol), (prepared as described for the starting material in Example 24), and potassium carbonate (1.4 g 10 mmol) in DMF (8 ml) for 90 hours. The mixture was diluted with water and the precipitated solid collected by filtration, washed with water and dried to give 4-(4-chloro-2-fluoroanilino)-6-methoxy-7-((2-methyl-4-pyridyl)methoxy)quinazoline (290 mg, 43%), a sample was recrystallised from ethyl acetate/hexane. m.p. 221-224° C. 1H NMR Spectrum: (CDCl3)2.50(s, 3H); 4.00(s, 3H); 5.20(s, 2H); 6.98(s, 1H); 7.15(d, 1H); 7.2(m, 4H); 8.45(m, 2H); 8.60(s, 1H)
