Benzenesulfinic acid, sodium salt → 5-Benzenesulfonyl-2-methylsulfanylpyrimidine-4-carboxylic acid methyl ester

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A mixture of 5-bromo-2-methylsulfanylpyrimidine-4-carboxylic acid methyl ester (2.3 g), benzenesulfinic acid sodium salt (1.9 g) and dimethyl sulfoxide (35 mL) was treated with bis[copper(I)triflate]benzene complex (3.3 g), and the resulting mixture was stirred at 65° C. for 1.5 hours. The mixture was cooled to 40° C. and filtered through Celite. The filtrate was diluted with ethyl acetate, washed with saturated aqueous sodium hydrogen carbonate solution and dried over magnesium sulfate. The solvent was removed under reduced pressure and the residue purified by column chromatography on silica gel, eluting with a mixture of dichloromethane and ethyl acetate (1:0 to 4:1 by volume) to afford the title compound as a pale yellow solid (1.8 g).

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