Phosphorus oxychloride → HCID 14794216, compound

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Ethyl benzyloxyacetate (B) was obtained by esterifying benzyloxyacetic acid as obtained from benzyl alcohol and chloroacetic acid by a conventional Williamson synthesis. (B) (9.7 g) and 3.7 g of ethyl formate were dissolved in 25 ml of ether, and stirred in the presence of sodium for 2 hours, and ether was distilled away to obtain sodium 2-benzyloxy-2-ethoxycarbonylethylenolate (C). To this compound was added a solution as prepared by dissolving 14.2 g of 4-decyloxybenzamidine hydrochloride (synthesized from 4-decyloxycyanobenzene by a conventional method) in 80 ml of ethanol and adding 1.2 g of sodium, and the mixture was refluxed for 2 hours. The solvent was distilled away to obtained 2-(4-octyloxyphenyl)-4-hydroxy-5-benzyloxypyrimidine (D). (D) (2 g) together with phosphorus oxychloride was refluxed for 3 hours to obtain 2-(4-octyloxyphenyl)-4-chloro-5-benzyloxypyrimidine (E).

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