Triethylamine → N-[2-(1H-imidazol-1-yl)ethyl]adenosine, hydrochloride

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To a suspension of 6-chloropurine riboside (1.63 g, 5.69 mmol) in 12 ml of absolute ethanol was added 0.63 g (5.7 mmol) of 2-(imidazol-1-yl)ethylamine (prepared in accordance with Z.Obsch. Chem. 9 1933 (1939); Chem Ab. 1940 2466) plus 0.80 g (8.0 mmol) of triethylamine. The reaction mixture was heated under reflux for 77 hours. Removal of the solvent in vacuo and chromatography of the residue on silica gel eluting with a mixture of MeOH (NH3) and dichloromethane in a ratio of 14:86 gave the free base of the title compound in an amount of 1.2 g (59% yield). The material was converted to the hydrochloride salt by suspending the material in 20 ml of water at 0° centigrade and adding 1N hydrochloric acid until a pH of 2.6 was attained. The solution was frozen and lyophilized to a white powder which was passed through a column of cellulose powder eluting with a mixture of 85 parts n-butanol and 15 parts water. The appropriate fractions were combined and concentrated to give a glass which was azeotroped twice with water and then dissolved in water, frozen and lyophilized yielding 0.97 g of the title compound (41% yield) as a white powder.

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