Morpholine → 4-(2-Chloropyrimidin-4-yl)morpholine

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To a cooled (0° C.) suspension of 2,4-dichloropyrimidine (20)(1.0 g, 6.7 mmol) in ethanol (20 ml), which was stirred under an inert atmosphere, was added triethylamine (1.4 ml, 10.1 mmol) and then morpholine (0.59 ml, 6.7 mmol). The mixture was maintained at this temperature for 3 hours whereupon it was concentrated in vacuo, diluted with NaOH (20 ml, 1M) and extracted with EtOAc (3×20 ml). The organic extracts were combined, dried (Na2SO4), filtered and concentrated in vacuo to give a colorless solid. The crude residue was re-crystallised using EtOAc/Hexanes to give the title compound (1.21 g, 90%) as a colourless solid which required no further purification. m/z (LC-MS, ESP): 200 [M+H]+, R/T=3.26 mins

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