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

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A suspension of 9.29 g (26.3 mmol) of [4-(4-fluorophenyl)-6-isopropyl-2-(N-methyl-N-methylsulfonylamino)pyrimidin-5-yl]methanol in 26 g of toluene was, with ice-bath cooling, admixed with 7.64 g (34.4 mmol) of chlorodiphenylphosphine. After rinsing with a little toluene, the mixture was heated at 111° C. for 2 h. After cooling to room temperature, 4.94 g of a 45 percent strength potassium hydroxide solution and 873 mg (2.71 mmol) of tetrabutylammonium bromide were added, and the mixture was stirred vigorously at 60° C. for 1 h. 100 ml of water was added to the warm reaction mixture. The mixture was briefly stirred at 60° C. and slowly cooled to 4° C., and the precipitated solid was filtered off. The product was washed with cold water (30 ml) and cold toluene (30 ml) and dried under reduced pressure at 40° C. 11.74 g (78.4 percent; content: 94.4 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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