Methyl iodide → 4-Methylthiopyrido[4,3-d]pyrimidine

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A mixture of 3H-pyrido[4,3-d]pyrimidin-4-thione (676 mg, 4.14 mmol), triethylamine (1.4 mL, 10.31 mmol), DMSO (4 mL), and iodomethane (0.48 mL, 7.72 mmol) is stirred for 12 h under N2 at 25° C. The mixture is poured onto water and extracted with EtOAc. The organic extracts are dried (MgSO4), and the solvent is removed under reduced pressure to yield 4-methylthiopyrido[4,3-d]pyrimidine (1.15 g, quant.) as a brown solid. 1H NMR (DMSO) δ 9.52 (1H, s), 9.16 (1H, s), 8.95 (1H, d, J=6 Hz), 7.86 (1H, d, J=8 Hz), 2.75 (1H, s).

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