Ammonia → 6-(Trifluoromethyl)pyrimidin-4-amine

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To a stirred mixture of 4-chloro-6-trifluoromethylpyrimidine (prepared from 6-trifluoromethyl-4-pyrimidinol as described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,714,438) (17.14 g, 93.9 mmol) in acetonitrile (282 ml) was added 25% aqueous ammonia solution (564 ml) and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 23 h. The mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate (3×1 l), and the combined extracts were dried (MgSO4) and evaporated in vacuo to leave 14.97 g (98%) of the title compound as a white solid: 1H NMR (360 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 6.80 (1H, s), 7.52 (2H, br s), 8.49 (1H, s).

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