p-Toluenesulfonic acid → HCID 18425436, compound

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A mixture of 6 g (32.8 mmol) of 4-methylamino-2-methylthiopyrimidine-5-carboxaldehyde, 5.5 g (33.9 mmol) of 2,6-dichloroaniline and 1 g (5.3 mmol) of 4-toluenesulfonic acid in 70 ml of toluene was heated under reflux with azeotropic removal of water for 17 hours. The mixture was concentrated to a volume of about 10 ml under reduced pressure and then treated with 120 ml of ethanol. The suspension obtained was heated to 75° C. and treated over a period of 15 minutes with 6.2 g (160 mmol) of sodium borohydride pellets. The mixture was stirred for a further 15 minutes and cooled to room temperature. The solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure and the residue was stirred in a mixture of 200 ml of 2M sodium hydroxide solution and 200 ml of ethyl acetate for 1 hour. The phases were separated and the organic phase was dried over magnesium sulfate and filtered. Evaporation of the filtrate under reduced pressure and flash chromatography of the residue using diethyl ether/hexane (3:7) for the elution gave 5.2 g (48%) of 5-(2,6-dichlorophenyl)aminomethyl-4-methylamino-2-methylthio-pyrimidine as a white solid.

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