Hydrochloric Acid → 4-DesMethyl Istradefylline

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Compound o (1.50 g, 3.62 mmol) obtained in Reference Example 14 was suspended in tetrahydrofuran (30 ml), and 2N HCl (9 ml) was added thereto, followed by heating under reflux for one hour. The reaction mixture was neutralized with a 2N aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide under ice-cooling, and water was added thereto. The precipitated crystals were collected by filtration and recrystallized from ethyl acetate to give 1.08 g (yield 81%) of Compound p as yellow plates.

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