2-Chloro-5-fluoropyrimidine → HCID 21919363, compound

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To a stirring suspension of activated “Rieke” zinc in tetrahydrofuran (21 ml, 1.53 M) was added 2-(2-bromopropyl)-1,3-dioxolane (6.6 g) in tetrahydrofuran (50 ml), a rise in temperature from 21° C. to 40° C. was observed, heated at 40° C. for 1 hour then allowed to cool to ambient temperature before adding 2-chloro-5-fluoropyrimidine (3 g) and [1,2-Bis(diphenylphosphino)-propane]dichloronickel(II) chloride (368 mg). The mixture was stirred at ambient temperature for 4 hours then filtered through a pad of celite and the filtrate evaporated under reduced pressure. Flash chromatography (silica gel, haxane-25% ethyl acetate in hexanes) then gave the product as a pale yellow oil (1.1 g); 1H NMR (d6-DMSO): 8.81 (s, 2H), 4.73 (dd, 1H), 3.66-3.87 (m, 4H), 3.21-3.30 (m, 1H), 2.19 (ddd, 1H), 1.83 (ddd, 1H), 1.27 (d, 3H); m/z 213 (M+1).

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