Phosphorus oxychloride → 3-Chloro-7-[(4,6-dimethoxy-pyrimidin-2-yl)oxy]-phthalide

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Reaction Steps

2.3 g of 7-[(4,6-dimethoxy-pyrimidin-2-yl)oxy]-3-hydroxy-phthalide (see Example 84) are suspended in approximately 40 ml of phosphorus oxychloride, and the suspension is heated at 90° C. for 2 hours. The reaction mixture is then introduced at from 35° to 45° C. into 250 ml of water. It is then diluted with a further 500 ml of water and the crystals which separate are filtered off and washed neutral with water to yield pure 3-chloro-7-[(4,6-dimethoxy-pyrimidin-2-yl)oxy]-phthalide in the form of slightly yellowish crystals, m.p. 143°-144° C.

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