Ammonia → 6-Chloro-2-methylpyrimidin-4-amine

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Ammonia, 2.0 M in methyl alcohol (6.0 mL, 12 mmol) was added to a stirred yellow suspension of 4,6-dichloro-2-methylpyrimidine (Aldrich) (0.487 g, 3 mmol) in 1,4-dioxane (10.0 mL) at room temperature. The resulting mixture was sealed and stirred at 70° C. overnight. After cooling, the reaction mixture was concentrated and the crude residue was dissolved in DCM/MeOH and mixed with SiO2. The solvent was evaporated and the residue was purified by flash column chromatography (pure DCM to 10% MeOH in DCM) to give 6-chloro-2-methylpyrimidin-4-amine (0.25 g, 58%) as a white solid. MS (API-ES) m/z 144 (M+H)+.

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