Phosphorus oxychloride → 4-Chloro-2-cyclopropylpyrimidine

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2-Cyclopropylpyrimidin-4-ol (1.0 g, 7.34 mmol) was suspended in phosphorous oxychloride (5.0 mL, 53.6 mmol) and over the course of about one hour, the solid went into solution. After three hours, the solution was concentrated, diluted with ethyl acetate, washed with saturated sodium bicarbonate, water, saturated sodium chloride, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and concentrated. The crude mixture was purified by silica gel chromatography to yield the title compound.

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