2,4-Dichloro-6-methyl-5-nitropyrimidine → 4-Chloro-2-methoxy-6-methyl-5-nitropyrimidine

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Sodium methoxide (28% solution in methanol, 47.0 g, 244 mmol) was added dropwise to a stirred solution of 2,4-dichloro-6-methyl-5-nitropyrimidine (48.3 g, 232 mmol) in methanol (600 mL) at 0° C., and the mixture was stirred at 0° C. for 30 min. The mixture was diluted with water, concentrated, and extracted with ethyl acetate. The combined organic layer was washed with brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filtered and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by flash column chromatography on silica gel eluting with a 0-15% ethyl acetate/n-hexane gradient mixture. The filtrate was concentrated in vacuo to give the title compound as a yellow solid (11.9 g, 58.5 mmol, 25%).

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