Potassium Carbonate → 4-Chloro-6-methoxyamino-2-methylsulfonylpyrimidine

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40 g (0.48 mol) of O-methylhydroxylamine hydrochloride is added to a solution of 100 g (0.44 mol) of 4,6-dichloro-2-methylsulfonylpyrimidine in 400 ml of N,N-dimethylformamide. 66 g (0.48 mol) of potassium carbonate is added and the whole is heated at 90° C. for 10 hours. The mixture is allowed to cool, is evaporated down, the residue is taken up in 10% strength aqueous hydrochloric acid and dichloromethane, the phases are separated, dried and concentrated in a rotary evaporator. The 4-chloro-6-methoxyamino-2-methylsulfonylpyrimidine obtained as byproduct may be separated by chromatography on silica gel (developer: cyclohexane/ethyl acetate). There is obtained 39 g (45%) of the title compound as a white crystalline mass of m.p. 135° C.

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