Toluene → 5-Chloropyrido[3,4-b]pyrazin-2(1H)-one

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A suspension 2-chloropyridine-3,4-diamine (2.5 g, 17.41 mmol) and a 50% solution of ethyl glyoxalate in toluene (3.45 mL, 17.41 mmol) in ethanol (34.8 mL) was stirred at reflux for 24 hours. The solution was cooled to −20° C. for 16 hours, and the resulting precipitate was collected by vacuum filtration and rinsed with ethanol. The crude product was purified via reverse-phase HPLC, eluting with 5-50% acetonitrile/0.1% trifluoroacetic acid in water/0.1% TFA, to afford the title compound (570 mg, 3.14 mmol). MS m/z=182 (M+H).

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