Sodium Dithionite → (R)-4-(8-cyclopentyl-7-ethyl-5-methyl-6-oxo-5,6,7,8-tetrahydropteridin-2-yl)pyridine 1-oxide

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To a solution of (R)-8-cyclopentyl-7-ethyl-5-methyl-2-(pyridin-4-yl)-7,8-dihydropteridin-6(5H)-one (Example 5, 300 mg, 0.89 mmol) in 25 mL of DCM at 0° C., mCPBA (306 mg, 1.79 mmol) was added and the mixture was stirred at 0° C. for 3 hr, then at rt for another 3 hr. Saturated Na2S2O4 was added and stirred at r.t. for 30 min. The mixture was extracted with DCM, washed with saturated NaHCO3, concentrated and purified by preparative HPLC to give the title compound as a yellow oil (20 mg, 6.4%). 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ: 8.47 (d, 2H), 8.38 (d, 2H) 8.06 (s, 1H), 4.51 (m, 1H), 4.38 (m, 1H), 3.42 (s, 3H), 2.2-1.7 (m, 10H) and 0.89 ppm (t, 3H); LCMS: 354.2 m/z (M+H)+; ret. Time: 1.79 min (Analytical Method E).

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