Methyl iodide → 3-Methyl-3-(4,6-bis(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)pyrimidin-2-yl)-1-methyl-1-(5-(trifluoromethyl)thiophen-2-yl)urea

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To a suspension of NaH (18 mg, 0.36 mmol) in anhydrous THF (3 mL) was added a solution of the 3-(4,6-bis(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)pyrimidin-2-yl)-1-methyl-1-(5-(trifluoromethyl)thiophen-2-yl)urea (2) (150 mg, 0.30 mmol). The reaction was stirred for 10 minutes after which time gas evolution had subsided. To the reaction was added methyl iodide (51.2 mg, 0.36 mmol). The reaction was stirred at ambient temperature for 2 h. The reaction was quenched with H2O (5 mL) and extracted with t-butyl ethyl ether (3×5 mL). The organics were combined and extracted with an equal amount of H2O. The organics were dried (MgSO4), filtered and concentrated to afford crude product. The crude material was purified by silica gel chromatography (5% EtOAc in pet ether) to afford 3-methyl-3-(4,6-bis(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)pyrimidin-2-yl)-1-methyl-1-(5-(trifluoromethyl)thiophen-2-yl)urea (6) as an off white solid (31 mg, 20%), mp 113-114° C.; 1H NMR (400 MHz, Acetone-d6) δ 7.35-7.24 (m, 1H), 6.73 (d, J=4.2 Hz, 1H), 5.88 (s, 1H), 4.76 (q, J=8.7 Hz, 4H), 3.35 (s, 3H), 3.28 (s, 3H); ESIMS m/z 513 ([M+H]+).

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