Brominated 4‐(Trifluoromethyl)pyrimidines: A Convenient Access to Versatile Intermediates

Abstract An expedient route to all three monobrominated and all three dibrominated isomers of 4‐(trifluoromethyl)pyrimidine, and to several other halogenated pyrimidines, is described. Key steps are the electrophilic introduction of the halogen in the 5‐position of 2‐ or 4‐pyrimidinones, the bromodeoxygenation of pyrimidinones or thiopyrimidinones using phosphorus tribromide, and the partial debromination of dibromo‐4‐(trifluoromethyl)pyrimidines. (© Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2004)