4-Fluorophenylacetyl chloride → HCID 68430510, compound

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

20 g (79 mmoles) of 4-iodo-2-methylthiopyrimidine in 165 mL of tetrahydrofuran under argon is cooled to −70° C. 45.5 mL of isopropylmagnesium chloride (2M in THF) is then slowly added to the reaction mixture, keeping the temperature at −70° C. After 30 min., a solution of 4-fluorophenyl acetyl chloride (13.7 g, 79 mmoles) in 65 mL tetrahydrofuran is added dropwise to the reaction mixture which is further stirred at −78° C. for 1 hour and allowed to reach 0° C. After 30 min. at 0° C., the reaction is poured into ice-water and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic phase is washed with water and dried over magnesium sulfate. After concentration the oily purified by chromatography on silica gel (ethyl acetate/hexane 4/1) affording 9.5 g of 2-(4-Fluoro-phenyl)-1-(2-methylthio-pyrimidin-4-yl)-ethanone as yellow oil.

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