Methyl iodide → 2-chloro-5-(MethoxyMethyl)pyriMidine

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To a solution of 2-chloro-5-hydroxymethyl-pyrimidine (9.0 g, 62 mmol) in 70 ml of anhydrous DMF was added methyl iodide (6 eq. 370 mmol, 23 ml). The mixture was cooled to 0° C., then NaH (2.61 g, 1.05 eq.) was added in portions over 5 mins. The resulting mixture was stirred 25 min. at 0° C., then 25 min. at rt. The reaction mixture was then cooled in ice bath, and quenched by addition of saturated NH4Cl aq. solution (200 ml), extracted with ether (150 ml×3). The combined organic layers were washed by brine, dried over Na2SO4, filtered and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by ISCO column (330 g of silica gel) using ethyl acetate in hexane (0-90% ethyl acetate, 2500 ml, then 1000 ml of ethyl acetate) to give 6.5 g (66%) of the title compound: MS (ESI) m/z 159.2 (M+H); 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 8.60 (s, 2H), 4.48 (s, 2H), 3.45 (s, 3H).

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