Acetonitrile → 1-Butanesulfonic acid, 1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4,4-nonafluoro-, 6-(5-(3,4-dihydro-2,4-dioxo-1(2H)-pyrimidinyl)-3-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-2-methoxyphenyl)-2-naphthalenyl ester

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A 250-L, 3-neck round-bottom flask equipped with an overhead stirrer was charged with 10 g of 1-(3-tert-butyl-5-(6-hydroxynaphthalen-2-yl)-4-methoxyphenyl)pyrimidine-2,4(1H,3H)-dione (98 wt %, 23.5 mmol, 1.0 equiv) and 6.5 g of milled potassium carbonate (325 mesh, 47.1 mmol, 2.0 equiv). Acetonitrile (MeCN, 60 mL, 6 volumes with respect to naphthol) and dimethylformamide (dimethylformide, 40 mL, 4 volumes with respect to naphthol) was charged to the reactor and the slurry was stirred. Perfluorobutanesulfonyl fluoride (96 wt %, 8.3 g, 26 mmol, 1.1 equiv) was charged to the well-stirred mixture over 60 minutes by syringe pump. A trace (<0.1 area %) of starting material was detected by HPLC analysis of an aliquot at 20 minutes reaction time. The acetonitrile/dimethylformamide solution was filtered over a coarse fritted funnel to separate the inorganic solids, and the flask and filter was rinsed with 15 mL of 3:2 (v/v) acetonitrile/dimethylformamide. The total mass of solvents employed was approximately 92 g.

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