Sodium Iodide → O-ethyl S-(6-ethoxy-2-methyl-4-pyrimidinylmethyl) S-(n-propyl) dithiophosphate

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8.0 g (0.043 mol) of 6-ethoxy-4-chloromethyl-2-methyl-pyrimidine and 10.8 g (0.045 mol) of potassium O-ethyl S-(n-propyl) dithiophosphate are suspended in 20 ml of acetone. After the addition of a small amount (spatula tip) of sodium iodide the mixture is stirred well at 45° C. for 12 hours. The mixture is then filtered through Celite, the filtrate is concentrated under reduced pressure and the thus-isolated solid is taken up in 100 ml of toluene. The toluene solution is washed once with 5% sodium carbonate solution and once with saturated sodium chloride solution and dried over anhydrous sodium sulphate, and the solvent is removed by evaporation at 60° C. under reduced pressure. In this manner there is obtained O-ethyl S-(6-ethoxy-2-methyl-4-pyrimidinylmethyl) S-(n-propyl) dithiophosphate as an almost colourless oil, nD20 1.5385.

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