Reaction #1121774

Reaction equation

2-amino-5-(4-mcthoxyphenyl)pyrazinc

2-Amino-5-(4-methoxyphenyl)pyrazine

pyridine

bromine

→

17a

Yield 70.0%

2-Amino-3-bromo-5-(4-methoxyphenyl)pyrazine

Yield 70.0%

Solvents

chloroform

chloroform

Conditions

Workup

1. 1
   Washthe reaction mixture was washed with water
2. 2
   Dryingthe organic layer dried over Na2SO4
3. 3
   Filtrationfiltered
4. 4
   Otherthe solvent was removed under reduced pressure
5. 5
   OtherThe crude product was purified by flash chromatography

Procedure

To a solution of 2-amino-5-(4-mcthoxyphenyl)pyrazinc 16a (0.35 g, 1.7 mmol) and pyridine (0.20 mL, 2.6 mmol) in chloroform (20 mL), bromine (Br2) (0.13 mL, 2.6 mmol) was added dropwise in chloroform (3 mL) at −10° C. After 6 h stirring at room temperature, the reaction mixture was washed with water, the organic layer dried over Na2SO4, filtered and the solvent was removed under reduced pressure. The crude product was purified by flash chromatography using dichloromethane-EtOAc (90:10 v/v) as eluent, to obtain 0.33 g of 17a as an brown solid (mp 166-170° C., 70% yield). 1H-NMR (CDCl3): 3.83 (s, 3H), 5.04 (br s, 2H), 6.92-6.96 (m, 2H), 7.76-7.80 (m, 2H), 8.31 (s, 1H). GC-MS (EI): m/z 279,281 (M1, 100).

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