Diisopropylethylamine → Methyl 2-(3-(methoxymethyl)piperazin-1-yl)pyrimidine-5-carboxylate

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A solution of methyl 2-chloropyrimidine-5-carboxylate (300 mg, 1.74 mmol) in DCM (4.70 mL) was added to a stirred solution of 2-(methoxymethyl)piperazine (226 mg, 1.74 mmol) and N-ethyl-N-propan-2-ylpropan-2-amine (0.752 mL, 4.35 mmol) in DCM (4.00 mL) at 25° C. under nitrogen. The resulting solution was stirred at room temperature for 6 h. The reaction mixture was concentrated and diluted with MeOH. The resulting mixture was filtered. The filtrate was purified by ion exchange chromatography, using a SCX column. The desired product was eluted from the column using 7M NH3/MeOH and fractions were evaporated to dryness to afford methyl 2-(3-(methoxymethyl)piperazin-1-yl)pyrimidine-5-carboxylate (346 mg, 75%) as a yellow solid. This was used directly with no further purification.

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