3,5-Dimethyl-4-hydroxybenzonitrile → 4-(2-Chlorothieno[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-yloxy)-3,5-dimethylbenzonitrile

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A stirred suspension of NaH (85 mg, 2.12 mmol) in dry THF (12 mL) was added 4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethyl benzonitrile (311 mg, 2.12 mmol) and stirred at room temperature for 30 min under Argon. The reaction mixture was added to a solution of 2,4-dichlorothieno[2,3-d]pyrimidine (434 mg, 2.12 mmol) in dry THF (10 mL) and heated at 50° C. for 2 h, the resulting mixture was diluted with water and washed with EtOAc. The combined organic layers were washed with water, brine, dried over Na2SO4, filtered and concentrated in vacuo. The crude product was purified by column chromatography, eluting with hexanes/ethyl acetate (5:1) to give the product as a white solid (188 mg, 28%):

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