Sodium Carbonate → 2-Chloro-3-methyl-6-(pyrimidin-4-YL)pyrimidin-4-one

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A suspension of 2-mercapto-1-methyl-1H-[4,4′]bipyrimidinyl-6-one (8.8 g, 40 mmol) in a mixed solvent of dimethylformamide (30 ml) and 1,2-dichloroethane (30 ml) was added to phosphorus oxychloride (11.2 ml, 120 mmol), and the mixture was stirred at 65° C. for 50 min. The solution was poured into ice-cooled dichloromethane (300 ml), water was added and the mixture was vigorously stirred for 5 min. Aqueous sodium carbonate solution (25.4 g, 240 mmol, in water (100 ml)) was added and the pH was adjusted to 8 with saturated aqueous sodium hydrogencarbonate solution. Aqueous sodium hypochlorite solution (5% in water, 120 ml) was added. After filtration through celite, the organic layer was extracted twice with dichloromethane, and washed with saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution and dried over sodium sulfate. The solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure, and the obtained residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (eluent; ethyl acetate/hexane=1/1) and washed with diethyl ether to give 2-chloro-1-methyl-1H-[4,4′]bipyrimidinyl-6-one as a pale-yellow solid (2.2 g, 62%, purity 98.7%).

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