Hydrochloric Acid → 4-(2-Methyl-5-nitroanilino)-2-(4-pyridinyl)-6-(trifluoromethyl)pyrimidine

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A mixture of 4-chloro-2-(4-pyridinyl)-6-(trifluoromethyl)pyrimidine (1 g, 3.90 mmol), 2-methyl-5-nitroaniline (890 mg, 5.90 mmol), and 2N HCl (3 ml) in water:ethanol (1:1, 200 ml) was refluxed for 48 h. The mixture was cooled to room temperature and basified with aqueous 2N NaOH to pH 10-12. The mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate (200 ml), washed with water (2×100 ml), with aqueous saturated NaCl (1×100 ml) and dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. The ethyl acetate solution was rotary evaporated to dryness to give a tan solid (377 mg, 30%). 1H NMR (CDCl3): 8.90 (s, 1H), 8.80 (dd, J=1.8, 4.8 Hz, 2H), 8.30 (dd, J=1.5, 4.5 Hz, 2H), 8.09 (dd, J=2.4, 8.1 Hz, 1H), 7.51 (d, J=8.4 Hz, 1H), 6.99 (s, 1H), 6.87 (s, 1H), 2.47 (s, 3H).

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