Sodium Carbonate → Methyl 2-(4-((2-(3-chlorophenyl)-6-ethylpyrimidin-4-yl)methyl)phenyl)acetate

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A 50-mL flask, with stirrer bar, was charged with 4-chloro-2-(3-chlorophenyl)-6-ethylpyrimidine (870 mg, 3.44 mol, 1 eq.), methyl 2-(4-((4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborolan-2-yl)methyl)phenyl)acetate (1.00 g, 3.44 mmol, 1 eq.), Pd(dppf)Cl2 (280 mg, 0.34 mmol, 0.10 eq.), and powdered Na2CO3 (1.09 g, 10.3 mmol, 3.0 eq.). Dioxane (16 mL) and water (8 mL) were added. The resulting mixture was stirred under Ar at 90° C. for 2 hr. until the starting chloride was consumed. After cooling to room temperature, the reaction mixture was filtered through celite washing with ethyl acetate until the filtrate was colorless. The filtrate was washed with sat. sodium chloride (3×25 mL), dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue (1.8 g) was purified by chromatography on silica gel using hexane/dichloromethane (10:0 to 0:10) as eluent, followed by chromatography on silica gel using hexane/ethyl acetate (10:0 to 3:1) as eluent, to afford methyl 2-(4-((2-(3-chlorophenyl)-6-ethylpyrimidin-4-yl)methyl)phenyl)acetate (0.65 g, 50% yield) as a colorless oil. MW=380.87. 1H NMR (CDCl3, 500 MHz) δ 8.49-8.47 (m, 1H), 8.37 (dt, J=7.5, 1.5 Hz, 1H), 7.44-7.38 (m, 2H), 7.31-7.27 (m, 2H), 7.27-7.23 (m, 2H, overlaps with CDCl3), 6.85 (s, 1H), 4.10 (s, 2H), 3.69 (s, 3H), 3.61 (s, 2H), 2.76 (q, J=7:5 Hz, 2H), 1.31 (t, J=7.5 Hz, 3H).

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