The invention belongs to the technical field of
organic synthesis, and particularly relates to a 2-chloro-4, 6-dimethyl
pyrimidine synthesis process, which comprises: 1) mixing 2-hydroxy-4, 6-dimethyl
pyrimidine,
xylene and
phosphorus oxychloride, heating to a temperature of 50-60 DEG C, dropwise adding N, N-diisopropylethylamine, heating to a temperature of 80-105 DEG C after the dropwise adding is completed, carrying out a reaction for 2-3 h, removing excess
phosphorus oxychloride, cooling to a
room temperature, and carrying out a reaction for 2-3 h to obtain a 2-chloro-4, 6-dimethyl
pyrimidine intermediate; a reaction liquid crude product is obtained; and 2) dropwise adding the crude product of the reaction liquid into a supersaturated
sodium bicarbonate aqueous solution at 5-15 DEG C, keeping the
water temperature in the dropwise adding process, keeping the
water temperature after dropwise adding, stirring for 15-35 minutes, filtering, standing and layering filtrate,
drying an organic phase by
anhydrous magnesium sulfate, removing
xylene, and performing reduced pressure
distillation to obtain the 2-chloro-4, 6-dimethyl pyrimidine. According to the method, the dosage of
phosphorus oxychloride can be reduced,
hydrolysis of the product is effectively avoided, the yield of the product is improved, and the method has no obvious amplification effect and is suitable for industrial production.