Carbon tetrabromide → 4-(2-Bromo-1,3-thiazol-5-yl)-7-[2-(trimethylsilyl)ethoxy]methyl-7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine

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2.5 M n-Butyllithium in hexane (0.860 mL) was added dropwise to a −78° C. solution of 4-(1,3-thiazol-5-yl)-7-[2-(trimethylsilyl)ethoxy]methyl-7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine (550 mg, 0.0016 mol) in THF (20 mL). The mixture was stirred for 30 minutes at −78° C., followed by the slow addition of carbon tetrabromide (658 mg, 0.00198 mol) as a solution in THF (10 mL). After 30 minutes, the mixture was quenched with a small amount of saturated ammonium chloride, diluted with ether, and dried over sodium sulfate. The residue obtained after filtration and concentration was purified by flash column chromatography (ethyl acetate/hexanes) to afford the desired product (387 mg, 57%).

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