Ethanol → 4,6-Dichloro-N-[(4-methoxyphenyl)methyl]pyrimidin-2-amine

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A 27.5 g portion of 2,4,6-trichloropyrimidine was suspended in a mixed solvent of 200 ml ethanol and 200 ml methylene chloride, to which, under ice-cooling, was subsequently added dropwise 30 ml of 4-methoxybenzylamine. After 19 hours of stirring at the same temperature, 10 ml of 4-methoxybenzylamine was further added dropwise and the mixture was stirred for 18 hours. The reaction solution was mixed with 200 ml of 0.5 N phosphoric acid aqueous solution and extracted with chloroform, and then the organic layer was washed with saturated brine. After drying with anhydrous sodium sulfate, the solvent was evaporated under a reduced pressure, and the thus obtained residue was applied to a silica gel chromatography and developed with a chloroform-hexane (3:1) mixed solvent to obtain 13.3 g of 4,6-dichloro-2-(4-methoxybenzyl)aminopyrimidine and further developed with a chloroform-ethyl acetate (1:3) mixed solvent to obtain 24.2 g of 2,6-dichloro-4-(4-methoxybenzyl)aminopyrimidine. 2,6-Dichloro-4-(4-methoxybenzyl)aminopyrimidine

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