[(2-Chloro-5-nitro-pyrimidin-4-yl)-isopropyl-amino]-acetic acid ethyl ester → 2-chloro-8-isopropyl-7,8-dihydro-5H-pteridin-6-one

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A suspension of [(2-chloro-5-nitro-pyrimidin-4-yl)-isopropyl-amino]-acetic acid ethyl ester (40 g; 0.132 mol), Pt/C5% (2 g) and vanadylacetylacetonate (2 g; 0.754 mmol) in THF (50 ml) was treated with hydrogen (5 bar) overnight. The reaction mixture was warmed (in order to solubilize the precipitate formed) and filtered on a celite pad, then concentrated in vacuo. The crude was diluted in ethyl acetate and the organic phase was washed with NaOH 10% solution, dried with MgSO4 and concentrated in vacuo. 28 g (0.115 mol; 87% yield) of solid material were obtained.

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