Methyl iodide → (1-methyl-1H-imidazo[4,5-b]pyridin-2-yl)methanol

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A procedure similar to that described in Preparation 15 was repeated, except that 45 g of 2-hydroxymethyl-3H-imidazo[5,4-b]pyridine, 13.17 g of sodium hydride (as a 55% by weight dispersion in mineral oil), 20.7 ml of methyl iodide and 1.43 liter of dimethylformamide were used, to give the title compound as a crude product. This crude product was purified by column chromatography through silica gel, using a gradient elution method, with mixtures of ethyl acetate and methanol in ratios ranging from 1:0 to 1:1 by volume as the eluent, to give 3.24 g of the title compound, melting at 130°-132° C.

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