Diethylamine → 6-Chloro-N~2~,N~2~,N~4~,N~4~-tetraethylpyrimidine-2,4-diamine

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Diethylamine (80 g) is reacted with trichloropyrimidine (50 g) in THF. The reaction after chromatography yields a mixture of the mono- and di-adduct. This material is dissolved in pyridine (58 g) and reacted with diethylamine (35 g) at 50° for 3 h. The reaction is concentrated to a residue. The residue is partitioned between methylene chloride and aqueous sodium bicarbonate. The organic phase is separated and concentrated. The residue is chromatographed on silica gel, eluting with ethyl acetate/hexane (10/90). The appropriate fractions are pooled and concentrated to give 2,4-bis[diethylamino]-6-chloropyrimidine. This material is dissolved in pyridine (100 g) and reacted with piperazine (40 g) at 100° for 50 h. Following the above workup procedure the title compound is obtained, NMR (CDCl3) 1.15, 2.90, 3.45 and 4.9 δ.

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