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

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This urea was suspended in freshly distilled tetrahydrofuran (10 mL) and cooled in an ice-brine bath. Potassium tert-butoxide (1.0 M in tetrahydrofuran; 2.70 mL; 2.70 mmol) (Aldrich) was added dropwise to the suspension over 8 minutes. The reaction mixture was stirred for an additional 15 minutes in the cold and then filtered through a bed of silica gel (7–8 g), eluting with 1:1 ethyl acetate-hexanes and then ethyl acetate. Purification by flash chromatography (Biotage 40M; 40:60 to 50:50 ethyl acetate-hexanes) gave (±)-3-[7-chloro-3-(2-fluoro-4-methoxy-phenyl)-4-methyl-2-oxo-3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrimido[4,5-d]pyrimidin-1-yl]-benzonitrile as a white solid. (Yield 1.11 g; 66.8% overall for two steps).

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