Ethyl orthoformate → 4-chloro-7-isopropyl-7H-imidazo[4,5-c]pyridazine

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A mixture of 5-chloro-N3-isopropylpyridazine-3,4-diamine (Preparation 5, 1020 mg, 5.47 mmol) in triethyl orthoformate (9 mL) was heated at 130° C. for 80 minutes. The solvent was removed in vacuo and the residue dissolved in MeOH/DCM and purified by silica gel column chromatography eluting with EtOAc:heptane 0-63% to provide the titled product as a white solid in 76% yield, 816 mg.

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