Dimethylformamide → 2-chloro-4-phenyl-6,7-dihydro-5H-cyclopenta[d]pyrimidine

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To a round bottomed flask containing 2,4-dichloro-6,7-dihydro-5H-cyclopenta[d]pyrimidine (1.85 g, 10.5 mmol) was added phenylboronic acid (1.43 g, 11.8 mmol), dichloro-((bis-diphenylphosphino)ferrocenyl)-palladium (II) (complex with methylene chloride), (800 mg, 0.98 mmol), triethylamine (4.1 mL, 29 mmol), dimethylformamide (30 mL), and water (2 mL). The reaction mixture was heated to 80° C. for 14 h, then cooled to rt and diluted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with saturated sodium bicarbonate, dried over sodium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated on a rotary evaporator. The material was purified by flash column chromatography to afford 2-chloro-4-phenyl-6,7-dihydro-5H-cyclopenta[d]pyrimidine (1.25 g, 52%) as an off-white solid.

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