Selectfluor → 6-Amino-2-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-3-methoxyphenyl)-5-fluoropyrimidine-4-carboxylic acid methyl ester

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6-Amino-2-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-3-methoxy-phenyl)-pyrimidine-4-carboxylic acid methyl ester (778 mg, 2.5 mmol) and F-TEDA (974 mg, 2.75 mmol) were combined in acetonitrile and heated at reflux for 4 hours (reaction made little progress after 1 hour). The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature and filtered. The filtrate was concentrated, purified by column chromatography, and then purified a second time by preparative HPLC to yield 6-amino-2-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-3-methoxyphenyl)-5-fluoropyrimidine-4-carboxylic acid methyl ester (26 mg, 3.2% yield): mp 200-202° C.: 1H NMR (CDCl3): δ 7.62 (dd, 1H), 7.21 (dd, 1H), 5.40 (br s, 2H), 4.02 (s, 3H), 4.0 (d, 3H)

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