Sodium Hydroxide → 4-Chloro-2-(3-chlorophenyl)-6-ethylpyrimidine

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A 250-mL round bottom flask was charged with 2-(3-chlorophenyl)-6-ethylpyrimidin-4(3H)-one (9.3 g, 39.8 mmol, 1 eq.). POCl3 (50 mL, 536 mmol, 13.4 eq.) was cautiously added at 0° C. The resulting mixture was stirred at 100° C. for 5 hr. After cooling to room temperature, the mixture was added slowly dropwise to cold aq. NaHCO3. NaOH was added to keep the pH˜0.7 during quenching. The mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic extract was dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure. Purification by silica gel chromatography using dichloromethane/ethyl acetate as eluent afforded 4-chloro-2-(3-chlorophenyl)-6-ethylpyrimidine (9.3 g, 99% yield) as a white solid. 1H NMR (CD3OD, 500 MHz) δ 8.32 (s, 1H), 8.28 (d, J=7.5 Hz, 1H), 7.50-7.46 (m, 1H), 7.45-7.40 (m, 1H), 7.27 (s, 1H), 2.83 (q, J=7.5 Hz, 2H), 1.34 (t, J=7.5 Hz, 3H).

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