Dimethylformamide → 4,5-Dichloro-2-cyclopropyl-6-(diethoxymethyl)pyrimidine

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Phosphorus oxychloride (35.1 g, 0.229 mol) in toluene (93 mL) was added to 5-chloro-2-cyclopropyl-6-(diethoxymethyl)-4(1H)-pyrimidinone (i.e. the product of Example 4) (51.75 g, 0.190 mol) and N,N-dimethylformamide (34.7 g, 0.475 mol) in toluene (186 mL) at −5 to 0° C. The mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature over about 2 h. Then the mixture was added to aqueous sodium carbonate solution (saturated, 600 mL). The aqueous phase was further extracted with ethyl acetate (4×50 mL), and the organic extracts were combined, dried and evaporated to leave the product as an oil (52.9 g, 95% yield).

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