Isopropylamine → Ethyl 4-(Isopropylamino)-2-(methylthio)pyrimidine-5-carboxylate

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A mixture of ethyl 4-chloro-2-(methylthio)pyrimidine-5-carboxylate (10 g, 43.0 mmol), propan-2-amine (4.21 mL, 49.4 mmol) and DIEA (9.76 mL, 55.9 mmol) in ethanol (140 mL) was heated at 60° C. overnight. After cooling to room temperature, the solvent was concentrated under reduced pressure and water was added. The aqueous phase was extracted three times with ethyl acetate and the combined organic phases were dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and evaporated to give ethyl 4-(isopropylamino)-2-(methylthio)pyrimidine-5-carboxylate (10.10 g, 39.5 mmol, 92% yield) as a colorless oil. MS (ESI) m/z 256.1 [M+1]+.

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