Water → 6-Chloro-7-iodo-7-deazapurine

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To a solution of 4-chloro-7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine (8.0 g, 52.32 mmol, 1.0 eq) in DMF (40 mL), NIS (15.7 g, 57.55 mmol, 1.1 eq) was added at 0° C. The reaction mixture was stirred overnight at room temperature. Water (40 mL) was added to the reaction mixture, extracted with EtOAc. The organic layer was dried over Na2SO4 and concentrated under vacuum to give 4-chloro-5-iodo-7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine (14.6 g, 100% in yield).

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