Water → Ethyl 4-(Isopropylamino)-2-(methylthio)pyrimidine-5-carboxylate

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To a solution of ethyl 4-chloro-2-(methylthio)pyrimidine-5-carboxylate (15 g, 64.7 mmol) in CH3CN (100 mL) was added dropwise a solution of isopropylamine in water (7.6 g, 0.13 mol) at 0° C. The resulting mixture was stirred at RT for 8 h. The organic solution was removed under reduced pressure and the residue was partitioned between water and EtOAc, and the aqueous layer was extracted with EtOAc (3×50 mL). The combined organic layers were washed with brine, dried (MgSO4) and concentrated to give ethyl 4-(isopropylamino)-2-(methylthio)pyrimidine-5-carboxylate (16.4 g, 99.6% yield), which was used in the next step without further purification. 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6): δ 8.51 (s, 1 H), 8.05 (d, J=7.6 Hz, 1 H), 4.31-4.22 (m, 3 H), 2.46 (s, 3 H), 1.27 (t, J=7.2 Hz, 3 H), 1.20 (d, J=6.4 Hz, 6 H).

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