Phosphorus oxybromide → (+/-)-2,4-Dichloro-5-(1-bromoethyl)-pyrimidine

HRID 1247635Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1247635 reaction equation
[Cl:1][C:2]1[N:7]=[C:6]([Cl:8])[C:5]([CH:9](O)[CH3:10])=[CH:4][N:3]=1.C(N(C(C)C)CC)(C)C.P(Br)(Br)([Br:23])=O>BrCBr.C(OCC)(=O)C.O>[Cl:1][C:2]1[N:7]=[C:6]([Cl:8])[C:5]([CH:9]([Br:23])[CH3:10])=[CH:4][N:3]=1

Participants

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Procedure

A solution of (±)-1-(2,4-dichloro-pyrimidin-5-yl)-ethanol (0.50 g; 2.60 mmol) (from Example 1a supra) and diisopropylethylamine (1.10 mL; 6.25 mmol) (Aldrich) in dibromomethane (0.35 mL) was cooled to 15° C. Phosphorus oxybromide (0.73 g; 2.83 mmol) was added in one portion. Cooling bath was removed and reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature. After 20 minutes, the reaction was diluted with ethyl acetate and water. The organic phase was washed with brine and then dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated to give crude (±)-2,4-dichloro-5-(1-bromoethyl)-pyrimidine (0.61 g; 91.4%). Purification by flash chromatography (Biotage, 40M, 10:90 ethyl acetate-hexanes) gave pure (±)-2,4-dichloro-5-(1-bromoethyl)-pyrimidine as an oil which solidified when stored in refrigerator.

Workup

  1. temperatureCooling bath
  2. customwas removed
  3. customreaction mixture
  4. washThe organic phase was washed with brine
  5. dry with materialdried over anhydrous sodium sulfate
  6. filtrationfiltered
  7. concentrationconcentrated
  8. customto give crude (±)-2,4-dichloro-5-(1-bromoethyl)-pyrimidine (0.61 g; 91.4%)
  9. customPurification by flash chromatography (Biotage, 40M, 10:90 ethyl acetate-hexanes)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-2843212763f040f6a282c6be6ddb77b8
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2006_10
Patent number
US07129351B2

Reaction notes

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