| Abstract: | Synthesis of 9-(2-fluorobenzyl)-6-methylamino-9H-purine ( 1 ) from nine different precursors is reported. Compound 1 was prepared by methylamination of 6-chloro-9-(2-fluorobenzyl)-9H-purine ( 4 ), by alkylation of 6-methylaminepurine ( 5 ) or form 9-(2-fluorobenzyl)-1-methyladeninium iodide ( 8 ) via the Dimroth rearrangement. Selective 2-step methylation of 6-aminopurine 6 was accomplished by hydride reduction of 6-formamidopurine 9 , 6-dimethylaminomethyleneaminopurine 10 or 6-phenylthiomethyl purine 11 to give 1. Compound 1 was also prepared by dethiation or reductive dechlorination of 2-methylthiopurine 16 or 8-chloropurine 19 , respectively, or by hydrolysis of 6-N-methylformamidopurine 12 , which was prepared from 6-dimethylaminopurine 13 by selective oxidation. |
