Hydrochloric Acid → (R)-1-[4-(2-Methyl-4-phenyl-5,8-dihydro-6H-pyrido[3,4-d]pyrimidin-7-yl)-pyrimidin-2-yl]ethanol

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To a solution of (R)-1-[4-(2-methyl-4-phenyl-5,8-dihydro-6H-pyrido[3,4-d]pyrimidin-7-yl)-pyrimidin-2-yl]-ethyl butyrate (prepared according to the method of Example 86, Step E, 11.0 g, 26.4 mmol) in dioxane (13 mL) was added concentrated hydrochloric acid (22 mL, 264 mmol). This mixture was stirred at room temperature overnight, cooled to 0° C., neutralized via slow addition of 6 N aqueous sodium hydroxide, and extracted with ethyl acetate (4×). The combined organic extracts were dried over sodium sulfate, filtered, evaporated, and purified by flash column chromatography (2→5% methanol/ethyl acetate) to give an oil which after titration with hexanes provided 8.0 g (88%) of the title compound as a white solid. mp: 114-116° C.; 1H NMR (CD3OD, 250 MHz) δ 8.26 (d, 1H), 7.62-7.47 (c, 5H), 6.52 (d, 1H), 4.79 (s, 2H), 4.66 (q, 1H), 4.24 (br s, 1H), 3.90-3.80 (c, 2H), 2.95 (t, 2H), 2.70 (s, 3H), 1.49 (d, 3H); MS (APCI) 348 (MH+), [α]D+15.6 (c 1.0, MeOH).

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