Water → 4-Chloro-7-methyl-7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine

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According to Scheme 5, cesium carbonate (968 mg, 3 mmol) followed by methyl iodide (1 g, 7.1 mmol) was added to a solution of 4-chloro-7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine (121 mg, 0.79 mmol) in DMF (5 mL). The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 6 hours. The reaction was poured into water and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with brine, dried, concentrated and column chromatographed to give 116 mg (88%) of 4-chloro-7-methyl-7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine as a white solid. 1H NMR (360 MHz, DMSO-d6) 8.62 (s, 1H), 7.71 (s, 1H), 6.62 (s, 1H), 3.84 (s, 3H, CH3).

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