“…Prepared according to general procedure F using 2-chloro-5-nitropyrimidine (300 mg, 1.90 mmol, 1 equiv), Me 2 NH (1.40 mL, 2.80 mmol, 1.5 equiv, 2.0 M in THF), and Et 3 N (288 μL, 2.10 mmol, 1.1 equiv) in THF (8 mL) to give a yellow solid (275 mg, 87%); R f 0.75 (NH 2 SiO 2 , 30% EtOAc/petrol); mp 209–212 °C (lit. 28 222 °C); λ max (EtOH)/nm 341, 219; IR ν max /cm –1 1547, 1301; 1 H NMR (500 MHz; DMSO- d 6 ) δ H 3.31 (6H, s, NMe 2 ), 9.15 (2H, s, 2 × H-pyrimidine); 13 C NMR (125 MHz; DMSO- d 6 ) δ C 37.4 (NMe 2 ), 133.4 (C-5-pyrimidine), 154.8 (2H, s, 2 × CH-pyrimidine), 161.6 (C-2-pyrimidine); HRMS calcd for C 6 H 9 N 4 O 2 [M + H] + 169.0720, found 169.0720.…”