Triethylamine → 4-Chloro-2-cyclopropyl-5-nitropyrimidine

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To a suspension of the 2-cyclopropyl-5-nitro-3H-pyrimidin-4-one (900 mg, 4.9 mmol) in dichloromethane (15 ml) was added triethylamine (505 mg, 5 mmol). To the clear solution obtained, phosphorous oxychloride (1.5 g, 10 mmol) was slowly added and the reaction mixture kept at room temperature for 2 hours. TLC showed a single spot. The reaction mixture was diluted with dichloromethane, washed with water and dried over MgSO4, filtered and evaporated to dryness to give brown oil. This material was used as such for the next step.

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