Sodium Iodide → N-(5-((diphenylphosphoryl)methyl)-4-(4-fluorophenyl)-6-isopropylpyrimidin-2-yl)-N-methylmethanesulfonamide

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512 mg (1.45 mmol) of [4-(4-fluorophenyl)-6-isopropyl-2-(N-methyl-N-methylsulfonylamino)pyrimidin-5-yl]methanol was initially charged in 8 ml of toluene and admixed with 96 mg (2.20 mmol) of sodium hydride (55 percent dispersion in mineral oil). After 1 h, 333.5 mg (1.44 mmol) of chlorodiphenylphosphine in 2.5 ml of toluene was added at room temperature with vigorous stirring over a period of 5 min. The mixture was admixed with 28.7 mg (0.19 mmol) of sodium iodide and heated at 108° C. for 22 h. After 6 h, a further 28.7 mg (0.19 mmol) of sodium iodide were added. After cooling to room temperature, the mixture was admixed with 30 ml of 38 to 40percent strength sodium bisulfite solution and extracted with 50 ml of ethyl acetate. The organic phase was separated off and the aqueous phase was extracted with 50 ml of ethyl acetate. The combined organic phases were subsequently concentrated under reduced pressure. This gave 740 mg of crude product which was purified by silica gel chromatography (mobile phase:ethyl acetate), and 212.7 mg (27.3 percent) of N-[5-(diphenylphosphinoylmethyl)-4-(4-fluorophenyl)-6-isopropylpyrimidin-2-yl]-N-methylmethanesulfonamide was isolated in the form of a colorless solid.

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