Using the method described in Example 30 by employing 2,5-dimethyl-3-[1-pyrrolidinyl]furan (freshly prepared before use from 3-acetyl-2,5-dimethylfuran (Aldrich Chemical Company), pyrrolidine and TiCl4 (4.88 g, 25.5 mmol), 2-methyl-4,6-dichloro-5-nitropyrimidine (Example 76(b)) (5.30 g, 25.5 mmol), N,N-diisopropyl ethylamine (4.5 mL, 25.5 mmol), piperidine (4.0 mL, 40.8 mmol), NEt3 (4.0 mL) and SnCl2 (77 mL of a 2 M soln in DMF). Note because of the increase in scale, the workup involved NaOH (15 g) and crushed ice (300 mL). The residue was purified by flash chromatography on silica gel with 95:5 CHCl3/MeOH as eluant to give 1.01 g (13%) of 2,5-dimethyl-3-(2-methyl-4-piperidylpyrrolo[4,5-d]pyrimidin-6-yl)furan as a beige colored powder. This material (1.01 g, 3.22 mmol) was dissolved in 2:1 EtOAc/MeOH (100 mL) and heated to boiling. To the hot solution was added 1 M ethereal HCl (3.25 mL, 3.25 mmol). The solution was left to cool to room temperature. The resulting crystals were collected by filtration, washed with EtOAc (2×10 mL), Et2O (3×15 mL) and dried under vacuum at 60° C. to give 878 mg (10%) of the title compound as a white colored solid. Mp: 238-240° C. 1H NMR (DMSO-d6; 400 MHz): δ 1.69 (br s, 6), 2.29 (s, 3), 2.44 (s, 3), 2.55 (s, 3), 4.01 (s, 4), 6.47 (s, 1), 6.55 (s, 1), 11.67 (s, 1), 14.18 (s, 1). MS m/z: 311 (M+1 for free base). Anal. Calcd for C18H22N4O.HCl.1.0H2O: C, 59.25; H, 6.91; N, 15.36; Cl, 9.72. Found: C, 59.19; H, 6.80; N, 15.30; Cl, 9.88.
