Phosphorus oxychloride → HCID 18507370, compound

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Following the method of Hull (J. Chem. Soc. 1957, 4845), a stirred suspension of 25.2 g (119 mmol) 2-amino-6-oxo-4-phenyl-1,6-dihydro-pyrimidine-5-carbonitrile in 27.1 ml (297 mmol) phosphorus oxychloride was heated at reflux for 2 h. The reaction mixture was then cooled to about 70° C. and poured cautiously onto rapidly stirred ice-water such that the temperature remained around 10° C. The resulting crystals were collected by filtration to afford 12.0 g (44%) 2-amino-4-chloro-6-phenyl-pyrimidine-5-carbonitrile as a light beige crystalline solid. This material was pure enough to be used in subsequent steps, however analytically pure material was obtained by chromatography (ethyl acetate/hexane 1/1) which afforded 5.9 g (22%) 2-amino-4-chloro-6-phenyl-pyrimidine-5-carbonitrile as a light yellow crystalline solid. EI-MS m/e (%): 232 (M{37Cl}+, 26), 230 (M{35Cl}+, 80), 190 ([M—Cl]+, 100), 153 (38).

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