Oxalyl chloride → N-(6-Amino-5-chloropyrazin-2-yl)-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide

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Oxalyl chloride (0.288 ml, 3.32 mmol) was added to a suspension of 1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxylic acid (0.279 g, 2.21 mmol) in dichloromethane (5 ml) followed by 1 drop of dimethylformamide. The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 4 hours before concentrating in vacuo and azeotroping with dichloromethane. The residue was taken up in pyridine (1 ml) and added to a solution of 3-chloro-pyrazine-2,6-diamine (Preparation 1) (0.16 g, 1.11 mmol) and the mixture heated at 60° C. for 3 hours before cooling to room temperature and concentrating in vacuo. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography, eluting with ethylacetate:heptane 1:1, to afford the product as a pale solid (100 mg).

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