Potassium Fluoride → 2-Chloro-4-chloromethyl-6-fluoro-pyrimidine

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5 g (0.027 mol) of 4-chloromethyl-2,6-dichloro-pyrimidine (see Examples 73 and 92) and 3.3 g (0.056 mol) of anhydrous potassium fluoride in 8 ml of sulpholane are heated at 140° C. for 24 hours. The mixture is then cooled to 0° C. and filtered over silica gel using diethyl ether/n-hexane (1:4). After removing the solvent by evaporation there is obtained 2-chloro-4-chloromethyl-6-fluoro-pyrimidine in the form of a yellow oil, 1H-NMR (CDCl3): 4.70 (s, CH2Cl), 7.30 (d, JFH =2 Hz, H).

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