Methyl iodide → HCID 21285451, compound

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2-Anilino-4,6-dimethylpyrimidine (10 g) was added to a suspension of sodium hydride in oil (1.65 g of an 80% suspension) in dry THF (100 ml) and the mixture was heated under reflux until evolution of hydrogen ceased. Phenyl isothiocyanate (6.6 ml) was added slowly to the clear solution. The mixture was then stirred at room temperature for 2 hours. The solid was collected, washed with ether and dried in vacuo to give crude N-(4,6-dimethylpyrimidin-2-yl)-N,N'-diphenylisothiourea sodium salt. To a stirred solution of this product (7.2 g) in dimethyl sulphoxide (10 ml) was added a solution of methyl iodide (1.3 ml) in dimethyl sulphoxide (10 ml). The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 3 hours and then concentrated. The residue was treated with water and then extracted with dichloromethane. The extract was worked up in conventional manner to give N-(4,6-dimethylpyrimidin-2-yl)-S-methyl-N,N'-diphenylisothiourea, m.p. 101°-3°. (Compound 7).

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