Phosphorus oxychloride → 6-Chloro-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyrimidin-4-amine

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The mixture of 6-amino-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyrimidin-4-ol (N-4) (300 mg, 1.66 mmol) in POCl3 (8 mL) in a pressure vessel is stirred at 100° C. for 1 h. The mixture is allowed to cool to RT and concentrated in vacuo. The residue is taken up in water (20 mL), basified with saturated NaHCO3 aqueous solution to pH=9 and then extracted with DCM (30 mL×3). The combined organic layers are washed with brine, dried over Na2SO4 and filtered. The filtrate is concentrated in vacuo to afford the desired product, 6-chloro-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyrimidin-4-amine (N-5) as a yellow solid.

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