Potassium Carbonate → 7-bromo-4-chloro-5H-pyrrolo[3,2-d]pyrimidine

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A mixture of 7-bromo-3,5-dihydropyrrolo[3,2-d]pyrimidin-4-one (100 mg, 0.5 mmol) and 6 mL of POCl3 under argon was warmed at 115° C. After 3 hours, the mixture was cooled to room temperature and poured over 300 mL of ice, stirred, made basic with potassium carbonate and extracted with EtOAc. The combined organic layers were dried, filtered, and concentrated in vacuo to provide 101 mg (93%) of the desired 7-bromo-4-chloro-5H-pyrrolo[3,2-d]pyrimidine as beige solid which was used without further purification.

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