Phosphorus oxychloride → 4-Chloro-2-(methylsulfanyl)pyrimidine-5-carbonitrile

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Phosphorus oxychloride (150 mL) was added to 5-cyano-3,4-dihydro-2-methylthiopyrimidin-4-one (30.0 g, 0.159 mmol) obtained in Step 1, and the mixture was heated under reflux for 7 hours. The reaction mixture was left to stand to cool, and then phosphorus oxychloride was evaporated under reduced pressure. The residue was poured into ice water (about 1,000 mL), and the precipitated light yellow solid was collected by filtration and washed with water. The resulting solid was dried under reduced pressure to give 4-chloro-5-cyano-2-methylthiopyrimidine (11.9 g, yield 40%).

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