Hydrogen Bromide → Imidazo(1,2-a)pyrazine

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A mixture of 34 g (0.2 mol) of bromoacetaldehyde dimethyl acetal, 6,6 ml of concentrated aqueous HBr solution and 28 ml of distilled water is brought to reflux for one hour. After reaction, the mixture is alkalinized and extracted with ether. This organic phase is added to a solution of 19 g (0.2 mol) of aminopyrazine in 50 ml of dimethylformamide (DMF). The ether is removed by distillation and the mixture is maintained with stirring and under a stream of nitrogen for 12 hours. After reaction, the DMF is distilled off; the reaction medium is dissolved in 150 ml of anhydrous ethanol, and then brought to reflux for one hour. The alcohol is then removed by distillation; the residue is dissolved in water, alkalinized with Na2CO3 and extracted using dichloromethane. After chromatography on a neutral alumina column (eluant =anhydrous ether), 10.7 g (Yld=45%) of imidazo[1,2-a]pyrazine (m.p. 84° C.). are obtained.

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