3-Bromobenzyl alcohol → 2-(3-Bromobenzyloxy)-5-fluoropyrimidin-4-ylamine

To a magnetically stirred mixture of KOtBu (1.0 M in tBuOH, 1.36 ml, 1.36 mmol) was added (3-bromophenyl)methanol (0.25 g, 1.36 mmol). To the resulting solution was added 2-chloro-5-fluoropyrimidine-4-ylamine (0.10 g, 0.68 mmol) and the mixture was capped and stirred at 90° C. for 4 h. The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature, diluted with water, and the resulting precipitate was collected by filtration. The solid was washed with water, washed with cyclohexane, and dried in the vacuum oven. A CH2Cl2 solution of the compound was loaded onto Biotage SCX column and eluted with CH2Cl2 followed by 2.0 M NH3 in MeOH. The solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure to give the title compound (0.100 g, 49%) as an off-white solid: mp 143-145° C.; 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 7.90 (d, J=2.5 Hz, 1H), 7.61 (s, 1H), 7.43 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 1H), 7.36 (d, J=7.7 Hz, 1H), 7.22 (t, J=7.7 Hz, 1H), 5.28 (s, 2H), 5.20 (br s, 2H); GCMS (EI) m/z 297, 299 (M)+.