Water → 2-(7-methylspiro[2H-benzofuran-3,1'-cyclopropane]-4-yl)oxypyrimidin-5-amine

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To a solution of 2-(7-methylspiro[2H-benzofuran-3,1′-cyclopropane]-4-yl)oxy-5-nitro-pyrimidine (Intermediate 18, 255 mg) in tetrahydrofuran (5 ml)/water (2.5 ml) iron (234 mg, 4.25 mmol) and then ammonium chloride (227 mg, 4.25 mmol) were added and the reaction mixture was stirred for 48 hours at room temperature. The catalyst was filtered off and the residue was diluted with an aqueous saturated solution of NaHCO3 (5 ml) and extracted with ethyl acetate (3×10 ml). The organic layer was dried over sodium sulphate, filtered and evaporated and the residue was purified by flash chromatography (Biotage system) on silica gel using a 10 g SNAP column and cyclohexane/ethyl acetate 8:2 to cyclohexane/ethyl acetate 4:6 as eluents affording the title compound (52 mg) as a light orange solid.

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