3-Isocyanatobenzonitrile → (+/-)-3-[7-chloro-3-(4-methoxy-phenyl)-4-methyl-2-oxo-3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrimido[4,5-d]pyrimidin-1-yl]-benzonitrile

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Reaction Steps

To a solution of (±)-[1-(2,4-dichloro-pyrimidin-5-yl)-ethyl]-(4-methoxy-phenyl)-amine (0.10 g; 0.34 mmol) (from Example 1d supra) in toluene (1 mL) was added 3-cyanophenyl isocyanate (66.6 mg; 0.46 mmol) (Aldrich). The mixture was heated in an oil bath at 110° C. for two hours. After cooling to room temperature, the reaction was concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was triturated with hexanes and dried briefly. The solid residue (intermediate urea) was taken up in freshly distilled tetrahydrofuran (1.5 mL), cooled in an ice-brine bath and treated with potassium tert-butoxide (1.0 M in tetrahydrofuran; 370 μL; 0.37 mmol) (Aldrich). After 15 minutes in the cold the reaction was complete by TLC analysis and was filtered through a silica gel pad (0.5 g) and washed with ethyl acetate. The filtrate was concentrated and the residue was purified by flash chromatography (Biotage, 12M, 40:60 ethyl acetate-hexanes) to give (±)-3-[7-chloro-3-(4-methoxy-phenyl)-4-methyl-2-oxo-3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrimido[4,5-d]pyrimidin-1-yl]-benzonitrile as a solid. (Yield 0.13 g; 85.6%).

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