Sodium → 5-Ethynyluridine

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The product of stage b) (9.5 g, 24 mmol) was dissolved in methanol (200 mL) and diluted with a solution containing sodium (0.8 g) and methanol (100 mL). The reaction was stirred at room temperature for 2 hours and was then neutralized using Dowex 50W-X8 (H+form) resin. The resin was removed by filtering and washed with methanol. The filtrate was concentrated in vacuo to give 4.85 g of a beige solid. The compound was purified on a Waters Prep 500 reverse phase C column which was eluted with H2O/MeOH 85:15 (v:v) to give 1.2 g of the title product (white solid). Impure fractions were re-chromatographed. An additional 1.94 g of product were obtained.

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