p-Toluenesulfonic acid → HCID 18425436, compound

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A mixture of 4-methylamino-2-methylthiopyrimidine-5-carboxaldehyde (6 g, 32.8 mmol), 2,6-dichloroaniline (5.5 g, 33.9 mmol) and 4-toluene-sulfonic acid (1 g, 5.3 mmol) in 70 mL of toluene was heated under reflux with azeotropic removal of water for 17 hours. The mixture was concentrated to a volume of about 10 mL under reduced pressure and then treated with 120 mL of ethanol. The suspension obtained was heated to 75° C. and treated over a period of 15 minutes with 6.2 g (160 mmol) of sodium borohydride pellets. The mixture was stirred for a further 15 minutes and cooled to room temperature. The solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure and the residue was stirred in a mixture of 200 mL of 2M sodium hydroxide solution and 200 mL of ethyl acetate for 1 hour. The phases were separated and the organic phase was dried over magnesium sulfate and filtered. Evaporation of the filtrate under reduced pressure and flash chromatography of the residue using 3:7 diethyl ether/hexane for the elution gave 5.2 g (48%) of 5-(2,6-dichlorophenyl)aminomethyl-4-methylamino-2-methylthio-pyrimidine as a white solid.

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