Potassium Hydroxide → 1-Methyl-6-methylsulfanyl-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidin-3-ol

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4-(N-Methyl-hydrazino)-2-methylsulfanyl-pyrimidine-5-carboxylic acid ethyl ester (6.0 g, 0.025 mol) was added to a 10% aqueous potassium hydroxide solution. The reaction mixture was heated to reflux for 15 minutes, and then cooled to room temperature. The system was acidified with a 25% aqueous acetic acid solution and the formed product was isolated by filtration. Crude product was recrystalized from a 3:1 ethanol-water mixture to give 4.6 g (95%) of pure 1-methyl-6-methylsulfanyl-1,2-dihydro-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidin-3-one; LC/MS (m/e)=197.0 (MH+), Rt=1.30 min.

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