Dichloromethane → 4-Methyl-7H-pyrrolo(2,3-d)pyrimidine

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Into a round bottom flask the catalyst [1,1′-bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene]dichloropalladium(II), 1:1 complex with dichloromethane (70.0 mg, 0.09 mmol), is placed under nitrogen with 15 mL of toluene along with a stir bar. A suspension of 4-chloro-7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine (1, 1.47 g, 9.57 mmol) in 15 mL of toluene is added at room temperature. After stirring for 10 minutes, methylmagnesium bromide (17.00 mL, 3.00 M in ether, 51.00 mmol) is added dropwise. The solution is slowly heated to 60° C. and stirred for 3 hrs at 60° C., then overnight at room temperature. The resulting dark orange reaction mixture is quenched with 1 N hydrochloric acid and adjusted to pH ˜5, then extracted with ethyl acetate and water saturated with sodium chloride. The organic layer is washed with water and brine, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and the filtrate concentrated under vacuum. The resulting material is purified by silica gel column chromatography eluting with ethyl acetate and hexane. Appropriate fractions are combined and concentrated under vacuum to provide the desired compound as a yellow solid (8, 202 mg). 1H-NMR (dmso-d6) is consistent with the desired compound. MS (ESI) [M+H+]+=134.3.

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