Ammonia → 5-Chloro-6-methylpyrazin-2-amine

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A mixture of 3,6-dichloro-5-methylpyrazine (5 g, 30.7 mmol) in ethanolic ammonia solution (50 ml) was heated for 8 hours in a high-pressure cell at 135° C. The solvent was then removed by evaporation and the residue dissolved in chloroform (40 ml). The organic solution was washed with water (2×25 ml) dried (MgSO4) and the volatiles removed by evaporation. The crude solid was semi-purified by column chromatography on silica gel eluting with dichloromethane/methanol (95:5) to the title compound (1.3 g, 31%) as a 10:17 mixture with its regioisomer. NMR: 2.06 (s, 3H), 2.18 (s, 3H), 6.2 (br s, 4H), 6.74 (s, 1H), 7.26 (s, 1H); m/z: 143 [MH]+.

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