Ammonia → 8-Bromo-2-chloroquinazolin-4-amine

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To a slurry of 8-bromo-2,4-dichloroquinazoline (407b; 0.50 g, 1.80 mmol) in 2 mL THF at 0° C. was added ammonium hydroxide, 28% ammonia in water (3.25 mL, 23.39 mmol). The reaction was sealed and the ice/water bath was removed. The heterogeneous reaction was stirred rapidly. In the morning starting material was still evident. 2 mL THF and 1 mL 28% ammonia in water were added and the reaction became homogeneous. After 1 h, reaction was checked and judged complete. The reaction was partitioned between water and DCM. The layers were separated and the aqueous layer was filtered through Celite and the filtrate was extracted 2×DCM and the combined organics were dried over anhydrous Na2SO4, filtered, and concentrated in vacuo to give 8-bromo-2-chloroquinazolin-4-amine (0.318 g, 1.23 mmol, 68% yield) as an orange solid. 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ ppm 8.52 (2H, br. s.), 8.24 (1H, d, J=8.4 Hz), 8.14 (1H, d, J=7.6 Hz), 7.42 (1H, t, J=7.9 Hz). m/z (ESI, +ve ion) 257.9/259.9 (M+H)+.

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