Carbon Dioxide → 4-Chloro-7H-pyrrolo(2,3-d)pyrimidine-5-carboxylic acid

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To a mixture of 5-bromo-4-chloro-7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine (G-1) (6.24 g, 26.8 mmol, 1.0 eq) in anhydrous THF (100 mL) at −78° C. under argon, n-BuLi solution (2.5 M in THF, 23.6 mL, 59.0 mmol, 2.2 eq) is added dropwise over 30 min. The reaction mixture is stirred at −78° C. for 1 h and then dry ice (300 g) is added in portions under an argon atmosphere. The resulting mixture is allowed to warm to RT and then stirred at RT overnight. The reaction mixture is diluted with H2O (200 mL) and extracted with ethyl acetate (50 mL×4). The aqueous layer is acidified with conc. HCl to adjust the pH to 3-4. The precipitate is collected by filtration, rinsed with H2O (30 mL) and dried in vacuo to afford the product, 4-chloro-7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine-5-carboxylic acid (H-1).

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