Water → 2,6-dichloro-9-methyl-9H-purine

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Sodium hydride (60% in mineral oil, 2.53 g, 63.5 mmol) was added to an ice-cooled solution of 2,6-dichloropurine (10.0 g, 52.9 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (75 mL) and the mixture was stirred for 30 min. Methyl iodide (3.29 mL, 52.9 mmol) was added drop-wise and the reaction mixture was stirred over night. Water was added and the aqueous phase was extracted twice with ethyl acetate. The combined organic phases were dried over magnesium sulphate, filtered and concentrated in vacuo. Dichloromethane was added and undissolved material was collected by filtration. The crystalline compound turned out to be 2,6-dichloro-7-methyl-7H-purine (1.19 g, 11%) The filtrate was concentrated in vacuo and purified by flash chromatography (ethyl acetate/hepatane) to give 2,6-dichloro-9-methyl-9H-purine (3.0 g, 28%).

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