Methanol → 4-Chloro-2,6-dimethoxy-5-(methylsulfanyl)pyrimidine

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A mixture of 2,4,6-trichloro-5-methylsulfanyl-pyrimidine (5.00 g, 21.73 mmol.) was added dropwise to a slurry of sodium methoxide (2.47 g, 45.65 mmol, 2.1 eq) in MeOH (80 ml) in ice bath at 0° C., then the reaction mixture was stirred at r.t, for 2 hrs and dried, and the solvent was evaporated. The reaction mixture was partitioned between EA and 0.1 N HCl. The organic layer was washed with brine, dried over MgSO4, filtered and evaporated in vacuo. The resulting residue was purified by flash chromatography on silica gel (Hexane/EtOAc 9:1) to give a gray solid 3.36 g (70.2%).

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