Sodium ethoxide → 2-(trifluoromethyl)-6,7-dihydro-5H-pyrrolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine

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To a solution of the product from Step A (500 mg) in anhydrous ethanol (25 mL) was added sodium ethoxide (2.33 mL, 21% in ethanol). After stirring for 5 min, trifluoroacetamidine (700 mg) was added and the resulting mixture was heated to reflux for 1 h. The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature and diluted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed sequentially with 5% aqueous citric acid solution and brine, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated to give a crude product which was deprotected by dissolving in 1N methanolic hydrogen chloride for 1 h. The resulting solution was concentrated and chromatographed on a Biotage® system (silica gel cartridge, gradient from 10% to 18% of 10% concentrated aqueous ammonium hydroxide in methanol/dichloromethane) to yield the title compound. LC-MS=190.0 (M+1).

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