tert-Butyl methyl ether → 6-Methyl-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-A]pyrimidine-2-carbaldehyde

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Reaction Steps

A slurry of (6-methyl[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidin-2-yl)methanol (15.7 g, 95.6 mmol) from step 1 above, TEMPO (112 mg, 7.2 mmol), iodobenzene diacetate (33.9 g, 105.2 mmol) in CH2Cl2 (100 mL) was stirred at room temperature for 2 hours. Once the reaction was deemed complete, methyl tert-butyl ether (50 mL) was added slowly to precipitate the product. The concentrated mother liquor was introduced into a silica gel column and eluted with 2% MeOH/CH2Cl2 to give an additional amount of the aldehyde product as a white solid (12 g, 80%). 1H NMR (CDCl3) □: 2.54 (s, 3 H), 8.73 (s, 1 H), 8.85 (s, 1 H), 10.23 (s, 1 H).

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