Sodium hydride → 5-[N-(3-bromo-4-fluorobenzyl)-N-(4cyanophenyl)amino]pyrimidine

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To a suspension of 0.04 g of sodium hydride (60% in a mineral oil) in 2 ml of N,N-dimethylformamide was added 0.2 g of 5-[N-(4-cyanophenyl)amino]pyrimidine at room temperature, followed by stirring at that temperature for 1 hour. To the solution was added 0.27 g of 3-bromo-4-fluorobenzyl bromide while cooling with ice, and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 1 hour. The solvent was removed by distillation under reduced pressure, and water was added to the residue, followed by extraction with chloroform. The chloroform layer was washed with water and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The solvent was distilled off, and the residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography to collect crude crystals from the chloroform eluate. The crude crystals were recrystallized from a mixed solvent of ethyl acetate and ethyl ether to obtain 0.25 g of 5-[N-(3-bromo-4-fluorobenzyl)-N-(4cyanophenyl)amino]pyrimidine.

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