Methylamine → 2-Methylamino-4-difluoromethoxy-6-methylpyrimidine

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30 ml of a 40% aqueous methylamine solution are added, at a temperature of between 20° and 25° C., to 2.2 g (0.009 mol) of 2-methylsulfonyl-4-difluoromethoxy-6-methylpyrimidine. The mixture warms up to a temperature of 60° C. The reaction mixture is subsequently stirred for half an hour at the same temperature; it is then cooled and 50 ml of methylene chloride are added. The organic phase is separated, dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated by evaporation. Crystallisation of the residue from a methylene chloride/petroleum ether mixture yields 1.4 g (74% of theory) of 2-methylamino-4-difluoromethoxy-6 -methylpyrimidine, m.p. 129.5°-131° C.

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