Water → N-[(2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)methyl]pyrimidin-2-amine

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A mixture of 2-chloropyrimidine (1.37 g, 12 mmol), 2,4-dimethoxybenzylamine (2.61 g, 15.6 mmol) and triethylamine (2.51 mL, 18 mmol) in ethanol (8 mL) was heated in the microwave at 120° C. for 15 minutes. Water was added to the reaction mixture and the mixture extracted with dichloromethane (×3). The combined organic layers were washed with brine, dried over magnesium sulfate and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified using silica gel column chromatography (20-50% ethyl acetate in heptane gradient elution) to afford the title compound as a white solid (2.14 g, 72%).

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