Phosphorus oxychloride → 4-Chloro-6-(4-fluorophenyl)pyrido[3,2-d]pyrimidine

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To a mixture of 6-(4-fluorophenyl)-pyrido[3,2-d]-pyrimidin-4(3H)one (482 mg, 2 mmol) in toluene (20 ml), was added diisopropylethylamine (1.0 ml, 6 mmol) and phosphorus oxychloride (0.56 ml, 6 mmol). The reaction mixture was refluxed for 1 hour. After concentration under reduced pressure, the residue was extracted with dichloromethane (100 ml), and washed with ice water till pH 6-7. The combined organic layers were dried over MgSO4, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure yielding the title compound as a yellowish solid (0.50 g, yield 96%) which was characterised as follows: Rf=0.90 (MeOH/CH2Cl2=1/9).

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