Phosphorus oxychloride → 1-(2-Chloro-4-(trifluoromethyl)pyrimidin-5-yl)ethanone

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A mixture of compound (E)-1-(2-acetyl-4,4,4-trifluoro-3-oxobut-1-en-1-yl)urea (55 g, 0.25 mol) and POCl3 (240.7 g, 1.57 mol) was stirred at 100° C. for 3 h. The mixture was added dropwise to water (1.5 L) at rt and extracted with EtOAc (3×500 mL). The combined organic layers were washed with brine (500 mL), dried over anhydrous Na2SO4, filtered and concentrated. The residue was purified by column chromatography eluting with PE/EtOAc 3/1 to give compound 1-(2-chloro-4-(trifluoromethyl)pyrimidin-5-yl)ethanone (23.5 g, 42.7% yield) as a pale-yellow oil. 1H NMR (CDCl3 300 MHz): δ 8.80 (s, 1H), 2.58 (s, 3H). 19F NMR (920-083-1A CDCl3 400 MHz): δ −65.5 ppm. 13C NMR (903-158-1A CDCl3 400 MHz): δ 195.9, 162.3, 160.1, 153.8 (dd, J=50 Hz), 130.9, 119.5 (dd, J=366 Hz), 30.7.

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