Lithium Hydroxide → 2-Bromo-5,6-dichloro-1-β-D-ribopyranosyl-1H-benzimidazole

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3.0 g (5.7 mmol) 2-Bromo-5,6-dichloro-1-(2,3,4-tri-O-acetyl-β-D-ribopyranosyl)-1H-benzimidazole was deprotected as using the general procedure summarized in the foregoing description by being dissolved in 60 ml dioxane and the resultant solution cooled in an ice bath between 0 and 5° C. To this solution was added all at once, 22 ml (22 mmol) of 1 M aq. LiOH. The mixture was removed from the ice bath and allowed to stir at ambient temperature for 1 h. The mixture was diluted with 120 ml of pH 7 phosphate buffer and extracted with ethyl acetate. The ethyl acetate layer was dried over magnesium sulfate (anhyd.), filtered and solvents evaporated. The residue was triturated in dichloromethane and 1.7 g (4.3 mmol, 75% yield) of 2-bromo-5,6-dichloro-1-β-D-ribopyranosyl-1H-benzimidazole was collected by vacuum filtration. The product was dried in a vacuum oven at 50° C. overnight; m.p. 175° C. (decomposes); 1H NMR (DMSO-d6) δ 7.96 (s, 1H), 7.07 (s, 1H), 5.64-5.62 (d, J=9.2 Hz), 5.19-5.17 (d, 1H, J=6.4 Hz), 5.13-5.12 (d, 1H, J=3.2 Hz), 4.86-4.84 (d, 1H, J=6.5 Hz), 4.12-4.06 (m, 1H), 3.98-3.92 (m, 2H), 3.68-3.63 (m, 2H).

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