Thionyl Chloride → 5-Chloro-2-(methylsulfanyl)pyrimidine-4-carbonyl chloride

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With stirring, 15 g of 5-chloro-2-(methylsulfanyl)pyrimidine-4-carboxylic acid were added a little at a time to 40.8 g (25 ml, 0.34 mol) of thionyl chloride and 0.47 g (0.5 ml, 6.5 mmol) of N,N-dimethylformamide, and the reaction mixture was then heated under reflux until a marked evolution of gas was no longer noticeable. The mixture is taken up in a little methylene chloride. Concentration gives 15 g of 5-chloro-2-(methylsulfanyl)pyrimidine-4-carbonyl chloride, which was used in the next step without further purification.

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