Iodine → 4-Methylthio-6-iodo-thieno[2,3-d]pyrimidine

Temperature

0 °C

Butyllithium (1.6 M in hexane, 32.8 mL) was added dropwise to a stirred solution of diisopropylamine (7.36 mL) in THF (170 mL) at −78° C. under an inert atmosphere. The reaction mixture was warmed to 0° C., stirred for 20 min, recooled to −78° C. and 4-(methylthio)thieno[2,3-d]pyrimidine (J. Heterocycl. Chem. 1975, 12, 921-924) (9.11 g) in THF (17 mL) added. A purple solution resulted and then iodine (19.0 g) in THF (20 mL) was added and stirring at −78° C. continued for 1 hours before warming to ambient temperature and stirring for a further 1.5 hr. Saturated aqueous NH4Cl (3 mL), then water (500 mL) were added and the reaction mixture extracted with DCM (500 mL), the organic layer was washed with Na2S2O3 (2M, aq) (2×50 mL), water (2×200 mL), dried (MgSO4), filtered and concentrated in vacuo. The crude product was triturated with DCM (50 mL) to afford the title compound as a brown solid (11.8 g, 77%);

1. customrecooled to −78° C.
2. customA purple solution resulted
3. stirringstirring at −78° C.
4. waitcontinued for 1 hours
5. temperaturebefore warming to ambient temperature
6. stirringstirring for a further 1.5 hr
7. extractionthe reaction mixture extracted with DCM (500 mL)
8. washthe organic layer was washed with Na2S2O3 (2M, aq) (2×50 mL), water (2×200 mL)
9. dry with materialdried (MgSO4)
10. filtrationfiltered
11. concentrationconcentrated in vacuo
12. customThe crude product was triturated with DCM (50 mL)

ORD record

ord-57890774363a4c64a7de5d0d8268c7d5

Source dataset

uspto-grants-2008_09

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US07427616B2