N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone → 4-[1-(9-hydroxy-2-isopropyl-1,8-dioxo-1,3,4,8-tetrahydro-2H-pyrazino[1,2-c]pyrimidin-6-ylmethyl)-cyclopentyl]-benzonitrile

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Reaction Steps

A stirred solution of 9-benzyloxy-6-[1-(4-bromophenyl)-cyclopentylmethyl]-2-isopropyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrazino[1,2-c]pyrimidine-1,8-dione (234) (100 mg, 0.182 mmol) in N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidon (1 mL) in a sealed tube was purged with argon for 10 min. To this solution, Zn (1.188 mg, 0.018 mmol), 1,1′-bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocen (3.021 mg, 0.0050 mmol), Zn(CN)2 (17.067 mg, 0.145 mmol) and Pd2(dba)3 (3.327 mg, 0.0040 mmol) were added and the reaction mixture was heated at 120° C. for 16 h. After completion of the reaction, the reaction mixture was diluted with water and extracted with ethyl acetate, washed with water, followed by brine, separated, dried over sodium sulfate and evaporated to get a crude product which was purified by normal silica column using 10% methanol in dichloromethane containing 10% ammonia to get 4-[1-(9-hydroxy-2-isopropyl-1,8-dioxo-1,3,4,8-tetrahydro-2H-pyrazino[1,2-c]pyrimidin-6-ylmethyl)-cyclopentyl]-benzonitrile (235) (41 mg, 55.53%) as an off-white solid.

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