5-Bromo-2-chloropyrimidine → 2-(Pyrimidin-2-yl)thio-5-bromopyrimidine

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2-Chloro-5-bromopyrimidine (10 mmol) was added to a solution of pyrimidine-2-thione (10 mmol) in ethanolic 0.24 M NaOEt (45 ml), the mixture heated under reflux for 2 hours, the solvent distilled off, the residue extracted with chloroform (70 ml), the chloroform solution shaken with 2 M NaOH and with water, the dried (MgSO4) solution evaporated and the residue repeatedly extracted with pet. ether leaving the title compound. Yield 35%, m.p. 178°-180° C. (iPrOH). 1H NMR (CDCl3): δ7.13 (H-5'), 8.60 (H-4', H-6'), 8.66 (H-4, H-6).

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