Potassium Carbonate → 2-Chloro-5-(ethoxymethoxy)pyrimidine

Participants

Reaction Steps

A stirred mixture of 2-chloro-5-pyrimidinol (107) (1.00 g, 7.66 mmol) and chloromethyl ethyl ether (1.75 mL, 18.9 mmol) in anhydrous DMF (2.5 mL) was treated with K2CO3 (2.15 g, 15.6 mmol). After stirring at room temperature for 16 h, the mixture was added to ice/aqueous NaHCO3 (100 mL) and extracted with 50% Et2O/petroleum ether (5×100 mL). The combined extracts were evaporated to dryness and the residue was chromatographed on silica gel. Elution with 0-1% Et2O/petroleum ether firstly gave foreruns, and then further elution with 1-10% Et2O/petroleum ether gave 2-chloro-5-(ethoxymethoxy)pyrimidine (108) (1.27 g, 88%) as an oil; 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 8.43 (s, 2H), 5.27 (s, 2H), 3.74 (q, J=7.1 Hz, 2H), 1.23 (t, J=7.1 Hz, 3 H); HRESIMS calcd for C7H10ClN2O2 m/z [M+H]+ 191.0396, 189.0425. found 191.0397, 189.0426.

Provenance & Evidence