Dimethyl Sulfoxide → (+/-)-9-(4-Methoxy-benzylamino)-4-oxo-2-pyrimidin-4-yl-5,6,8,9-tetrahydro-4H-1,4-a,7-triaza-benzocycloheptene-7-carboxylic acid ethyl ester

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To a suspension of 8.20 g (20.80 mmol) of 9-bromo-4-oxo-2-pyrimidin-4-yl-5,6,8,9-tetrahydro-4H-1,4a,7-triaza-benzocycloheptene-7-carboxylic acid ethyl ester in 208 mL of toluene was added 8.56 g (62.40 mmol) of 4-methoxybenzylamine and 14.77 mL (208.00 mmol) of dimethylsulfoxide. The reaction mixture was stirred at 85° C. for 15 hours. The cooled solution was evaporated to remove solvent. The mixture was quenched with the addition of a saturated solution of ammonium chloride and extracted with dichloromethane, washed with saturated solution of sodium chloride. The organic phase was dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated. The residue was purified by flash chromatography (dichloromethane methanol/ammonia 98/2/0.2 to 97/3/0.3) to afford 5.80 g (62%) of product.

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