Sodium Carbonate → 2-Chloro-4-(2,3,4-trimethoxyphenyl)pyrimidine

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In a 250 mL round-bottomed flask, 1.49 grams (10 mmol) of 2,4-dichloropyrimidine was combined with 2,3,4-trimethoxyphenylboronic acid (2.12 g, 10 mmol), sodium carbonate (2.12 g, 2 equivalents), and 1.15 g (0.1 equivalents) of tetrakis-triphenylphosphinepalladium. Toluene (50 mL) and water (5 mL) were added. The reaction was allowed to reflux under nitrogen overnight. The reaction was diluted with toluene and water and the organic layer was separated, washed with brine, dried (Na2SO4), filtered, and concentrated to afford the crude pyrimidine 5. The compound was purified on silica gel using an eluent of 30% acetone/hexane to afford 2.08 g (74%) of the product 5 as a white solid.

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