Sodium Carbonate → Methyl 2-[(5-bromopyrimidin-4-yl)sulfanyl]acetate

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A mixture of 4-chloro-5-bromopyrimidine (0.193 g, 1.0 mmol), methyl 2-mercaptoacetate (0.116 g, 1.1 mmol) and sodium carbonate (0.159 g, 1.5 mmol) in DMF (0.7 mL) was heated under microwave irradiation to 150° C. for 20 minutes. The mixture was washed with water, extracted with ethyl acetate and purified by chromatography to yield methyl 2-(5-bromopyrimidin-4-ylthio)acetate (0.22 g, 84%).

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