Pyrrolidine → 2-Bromo-4-(pyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridine

2,4-Dibromopyridine (1.0 g, 4.22 mmol) was dissolved in ethanol (40 mL) and pyrrolidine (1.733 ml, 21.11 mmol) was added. The reaction mixture was stirred at 70° C. for 20 hours. The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature and the solvent was removed in vacuo to give a pale yellow solid. The crude product was purified by chromatography on silica gel (gradient: 0-80% ethyl acetate in isohexane) to afford 2-bromo-4-(pyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridine (460 mg) as a white solid, and 4-bromo-2-(pyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridine (260 mg) as a white solid. LCMS (Method F, ES-API): RT 0.79 min, m+H=227.1/229.1.