Acetic Acid → HCID 87618352, compound

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To a solution of 2.18 g (0.0059 mole) of (rac)-3-[(2-chloro-5-nitro-pyrimidin-4-yl)-cyclopentylmethyl-amino]-2-methyl-propanoic acid ethyl ester in 40 mL of acetic acid was added 2.0 g (0.0358 g-atom) of iron powder. The mixture was heated at 80 degrees for 2.5 hours, and then filtered through Celite while still hot. The filter cake was washed with 100 mL of ethyl acetate. The filtrate was washed successively with 100 mL of water, 100 mL of 7.4 M ammonium hydroxide, 100 mL of water and 100 mL of brine. The aqueous layers were back extracted with 100 mL of ethyl acetate. The ethyl acetate layers were combined, dried, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was recrystallized from dichloromethane—hexanes to give 1.16 g of (rac)-2-chloro-9-cyclopentylmethyl-7-methyl-6-methylene-6,7,8,9-tetrahydro-5H-pyrimido[4,5-b][1,4]diazepine (VI-55) as light brown crystalline solid.

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