2,4-Dichloropyrimidine → 4-Chloro-6-(3-fluoro-4-nitrophenoxy)pyrimidine

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After dissolving 2,6-dichloropyrimidine (5.0 g) and 3-fluoro-4-nitrophenol (6.11 g) in 1-methyl-2-pyrrolidinone (25 ml) at room temperature under a nitrogen atmosphere, diisopropylethylamine (6.81 ml) was added and the mixture was stirred for 13 hours at 50° C. The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature and then partitioned between ethyl acetate and water. The separated organic layer was washed with water, 1N aqueous sodium hydroxide, water, 10% aqueous potassium hydrogen sulfate and brine in that order and then dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. The solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure, and then ethyl acetate (25 ml) was added to the residue to precipitate crystals. The crystals were filtered and subjected to aeration drying to provide the title compound (2.61 g, 30%) as white crystals. The filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure, and then diethyl ether (30 ml) was added to the resultant residue and the mixture was stirred. The precipitated crystals were filtered, washed with diethyl ether (5 ml×2) and subjected to aeration drying to provide the title compound (3.98 g, 44%) as white crystals.

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