Methyl iodide → HCID 86752840, compound

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To a mixture of 470 mg of magnesium and 5 ml of dry ethyl ether, a solution of 2.76 g of methyl iodide dissolved in 15 ml of dry ethyl ether was added dropwise while the reaction mixture was kept under control so as to be refluxed moderately. After the dropwise addition, it was further refluxed for 45 minutes. The reaction mixture was allowed to cool to room temperature, then, 2 g of 5-acetyl-4-chlorodifluoromethylpyrimidine was quickly added dropwise thereto, and the reaction mixture was refluxed for another 1 hour. The reaction mixture was cooled with ice, and stirred while a saturated aqueous solution of ammonium chloride was added thereto. The ether layer was separated by decantation and washed with saturated aqueous salt solution three times in a separatory funnel. The organic layer was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, and the solvent was distilled off. The resulting crude product was subjected to preparatory thin-layer chromatography (developing solvent: chloroform) three times, and as a result, 131 mg of the desired product was obtained as a viscous liquid. nD20.6 1.4982

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