Sodium Iodide → 4-Iodo-2-(methylthio)-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyrimidine

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4-Chloro-2-(methylthio)-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyrimidine (I13) (5.00 g, 21.9 mmol) was placed into a reaction flask then sodium iodide (9.80 g, 65.6 mmol) and hydroiodic acid (58%; 70 mL) were added. The reaction mixture was stirred for 48 hours in darkness then diluted with water (200 mL) where upon a colourless solid precipitated. The precipitate was collected by filtration and was washed with 10% NaHCO3 solution until neutral. The resulting solid was washed with water (100 mL) then suction dried for 2 hours to give the title compound (I14) (3.956 g, 57%) as a pale yellow solid; 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 8.42 (s, 1H), 2.58 (s, 3H). LCMS Method C: rt 6.30 min, m/z 321.0 [M+H]+.

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