Acetic Acid → 4-amino-3-(6-chloro-8-oxo-8,9-dihydro-7H-purin-2-ylamino)benzonitrile

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To 3-(6-chloro-8-oxo-8,9-dihydro-7H-purin-2-ylamino)-4-nitrobenzonitrile (0.41 g, 1.23 mmol) was added glacial acetic acid (30 mL), water (75 mL) and ethanol (150 mL), followed by iron powder (Aldrich, 0.69 g, 12.3 mmol, 10 equiv.) and the reaction mixture was stirred at 90° C. for 15 min (LC-MS monitoring), when it became a clear dark orange solution. It was cooled to r.t., then concentrated NH4OH (50 mL) was added to bring the pH to 11. The reaction mixture was stirred at r.t. for 30 min. Repeated extractions into ethyl acetate, then into 25% isopropanol in CH2Cl2 (total volume 2 L), drying of the combined organic extracts, and in vacuo evaporation of the solvent provided the desired product as a brown solid, which was used in the next step without further purification. MS (EI) m/z 302.1 (MH)+.

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