4-Chloro-2-methoxy-6-methyl-5-nitropyrimidine → 2-Methoxy-4,6-dimethyl-5-nitropyrimidine

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Methylzinc chloride (2.0 M solution in tetrahydrofuran, 14.8 mL, 29.6 mmol) was added dropwise to a solution of 4-chloro-2-methoxy-6-methyl-5-nitropyrimidine (4.01 g, 19.7 mmol) and tetrakis(triphenyl phosphine)palladium (1.90 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (60 mL), and the mixture was stirred at 50° C. for 50 minutes. The mixture was diluted with water, and extracted with ethyl acetate. The combined organic layer was washed with brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filtered and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by flash column chromatography on silica gel eluting with a 5-20% ethyl acetate/n-hexane gradient mixture. The filtrate was concentrated in vacuo to give the title compound as a pale yellow solid (3.37 g, 18.4 mmol, 93%).

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