Hydrochloric Acid → 3-[4-Chloro-2-fluoro-5-(2-nitrophenoxy)phenyl]-6-trifluoromethyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimidine-2,4-dione

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A mixture of 3-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-5-hydroxyphenyl)-6-trifluoromethyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimidine-2,4-dione (2.2 g), 2-chloronitrobenzene (1.3 g) and potassium carbonate (1.4 g) in N,N-dimethylformamide (100 ml) was heated at reflux for 3 hours under an atmosphere of nitrogen. The resulting mixture was poured into water (200 ml) and acidified by the addition of a small portion of conc. hydrochloric acid. The solution was extracted with a mixed solvent (ethyl acetate:hexane, 1:1,400 ml) and the organic phase dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. The solvent was removed under reduced pressure and the residue chromatographed on silica gel eluting with ethyl acetate:hexane, 1:1, to give 3-[4-chloro-2-fluoro-5-(2-nitrophenoxy)phenyl]-6-trifluoromethyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimidine-2,4-dione (Intermediate 11-18) as an amorphous solid (1.0-g).

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