Selenium Dioxide → 2-Chloro-pyrimidine-4,6-dicarboxylic acid monomethyl ester

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To a stirred solution of methyl 2-chloro-6-methylpyrimidine-4-carboxylate (3.73 g, 20 mmol.) in dioxane (20 mL) is added selenium dioxide (3.55 g, 32 mmol) and the mixture is heated at 105° C. for 12 hours. The suspension is filtered through Celite and washed well with dioxane. The solvent is removed under reduced pressure to give 2-chloro-pyrimidine-4,6-dicarboxylic acid monomethyl ester; HPLC Retention time 0.65 minutes (condition A); MS 217.2 (M+1).

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