Hydrochloric Acid → 5-(3,4-Dimethoxy-5-styryl-benzyl)pyrimidine-2,4-diamine

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A mixture of 500 mg of 5-(3,4-dimethoxy-5-iodo-benzyl)pyrimidine-2,4-diamine, 1.53 g of styrene, 1.46 g of triethylamine and 31 mg of palladium-(II) acetate in 25 ml of dioxan is held at reflux under argon for 14 hrs. The mixture is poured on to ice-water, adjusted to pH 5 to 7 with 3N aqueous hydrochloric acid and extracted with methylene chloride. The organic phase is dried over magnesium sulphate, concentrated and the residue is chromatographed on silica gel with methylene chloride/methanol 97:3. 252 mg (53%) of 5-(3,4-dimethoxy-5-styryl-benzyl)pyrimidine-2,4-diamine are isolated as an orange solid. M.p.226°.

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