Hydrochloric Acid → 4,5-Pyrimidinediamine, 6-chloro-

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Iron dust (1000 g, 17.9 mol) was added to a solution of the crude 6-chloro-5-nitropyrimidin-4-amine (500 g, 2.87 mol) in ethanol (5000 mL) and water (1000 mL). A catalytic amount of concentrated hydrochloric acid (10 mL) was slowly added to the reaction mixture over a period of 20 minutes. During the course of the addition the reaction temperature was observed to increase to 85° C. without external heating and the reaction mixture's color changed from yellow-brown to dark red. After the reaction mixture had cooled down to a temperature of 50° C., the slurry was filtered through a Celite pad, which was then washed with ethanol (3×250 mL). The resulting filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure to give a yellow solid. This solid was then washed with hexane and dried under reduced pressure to give the title compound as a brown solid. (253 g, overall yield over two steps: 37.1% yield). 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6): δ 7.61 (s, 1H), 6.71 (broad s, 2H), 4.94 (broad s, 2H). MS (EI) for C4H5ClN4: 145 (MH+).

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