Ammonium Hydroxide → 6-(Trifluoromethyl)pyrimidin-4-amine

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The procedure was derived from methods described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,756,275 and WO 02/38569. In a 250 mL round bottom flask, 6-trifluoromethyl-4-pyrimidinol (10 g, 60.9 mmol) was dissolved in 70 mL phosphorus oxychloride (0.73 mol). The solution was heated at reflux for 7 h. The cooled reaction solution was then added gradually to 200 mL 30% ammonium hydroxide, and the resulting mixture was stirred overnight at room temperature. The reaction mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate (2×100 mL), and the combined extracts were dried (MgSO4) and evaporated in vacuo to give 6-trifluoromethyl-pyrimidin-4-ylamine (1.4 g, yield 14%) as a white solid. 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 8.50 (s, 1 H), 7.60 (broad s, 2 H), 6.90 (s, 1 H); LC-MS m/z 164.1 [M+H]+.

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