Results and Discussion. – Initially, an easily available starting material, β- bromovinyl aldehyde 1a, was reacted with 0.83 equiv. of 4-(trifluoromethyl)benzami- dine hydrochloride (2a) in 1,4-dioxane, catalyzed by Et3N and at reflux for 8h, successfully affording the pyrimidine 3a in good yield (85%; Scheme; Table, Entry 1). The product was identified by spectroscopic data and high-resolution mass spectrom- etry. Encouraged by this result, we explored the ...