Methanol → 2-(2,6-dimethyl-pyridin-4-yl)-7-fluoro-5-methoxy-3H-quinazolin-4-one

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To a suspension of 2-(2,6-dimethyl-pyridin-4-yl)-5,7-difluoro-3H-quinazolin-4-one (2.70 g, 9.4 mmol) in DMF (15 mL), a solution of sodium methoxide in methanol (25 wt %, 6.0 g, 28.2 mmol) was added and the reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 16 h. Water was added, acidified to pH approximately 4-5 with acetic acid and the precipitated solid was filtered and dried under vacuum to give crude 2-(2,6-dimethyl-pyridin-4-yl)-7-fluoro-5-methoxy-3H-quinazolin-4-one (2.40 g), which was further purified by column chromatography (silica gel 230-400 mesh; eluting with 2% methanol solution in dichloromethane) to yield pure compound as a light yellow solid. Yield: 0.35 g (12.4%).

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