Tetrabutylammonium Fluoride → 3-(1,3-Dimethyl-2,4-dioxo-2,3,4,6-tetrahydro-1H-pyrrolo[3,4-d]pyrimidin-5-yl)benzonitrile

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TBAF solution (20.3 mL, 20.3 mmol) was added to a suspension of 3-(1,3-dimethyl-2,4-dioxo-6-((2-(trimethylsilyl)ethoxy)methyl)-2,3,4,6-tetrahydro-1H-pyrrolo[3,4-d]pyrimidin-5-yl)benzonitrile (step 3) (832 mg, 2.0 mmol) in THF (6 mL), giving a solution which was stirred at 60° C. for 1 hour. Most of the organic solvent was removed from the reaction mixture, water (100 mL) was added and the mixture was stirred for 5 minutes The aqueous suspension was extracted with chloroform (4×100 mL). A large amount of the mixture remained as an emulsion. Sat brine (100 mL) was added to break up the emulsion, and the aqueous phase was extracted with more chloroform (4×100 mL). The combined organic extracts were dried with magnesium sulfate and the solvent was removed under vacuum to yield a red oil. The crude red oil was triturated with methanol to give a pink solid which was dried under vacuum at 50° C. The solid was triturated with methanol again and dried under vacuum at 50° C. to afford the title compound.

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