1,1'-Carbonyldiimidazole → N-Methoxy-N-methylpyrimidine-5-carboxamide

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1,1′-carbonyldiimidazole (1.23 g, 7.57 mmol) was added to a suspension of pyrimidine-5-carboxylic acid (783 mg, 6.31 mmol) in DCM (20 mL) and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 15 min before addition of N,O-dimethylhydroxylamine hydrochloride (739 mg, 7.57 mmol). The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 5 d, then was diluted with saturated aqueous NH4Cl and water and extracted with DCM. The organic phase was washed with water, and the aqueous phases were back-extracted with DCM. The organic phase was dried (Na2SO4), filtered, and concentrated, affording the crude title compound as a light yellow oil which was used without further purification in the next reaction.

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