Ammonia → 2,6-Dichloro-3-(trifluoromethyl)pyridine

Potassium fluoride (2.24 g, 38.5 mmol) and copper (I) iodide (7.33 g, 38.5 mmol) were weighed in a flask, and the mixture was heated with a gas burner while gently shaking under high vacuum until the content becomes a pale-yellow green. After cooling to room temperature, anhydrous N,N-dimethylformamide (50 ml), anhydrous tetrahydrofuran (10 ml) and trimethyl(trifluoromethyl)silane (5.5 ml, 35 mmol) were added. The mixture was heated to 50° C., and stirred for 21 hrs. A mixed solution of 2,6-dichloro-3-iodopyridine (9.59 g, 35.0 mmol) in anhydrous N,N-dimethylformamide (10 ml)—anhydrous tetrahydrofuran (20 ml) was added dropwise to the above-mentioned reaction mixture at 50° C. After stirring at 50° C. for 21 hrs, trimethyl(trifluoromethyl)silane (0.55 ml, 3.5 mmol) was added, and the mixture was stirred for 24 hrs. The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature, poured into 12% aqueous ammonia, and the mixture was extracted 3 times with diethyl ether. The combined organic layer was washed successively with 12% aqueous ammonia, 1M hydrochloric acid, saturated aqueous sodium hydrogen carbonate solution and saturated brine, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (dichloromethane:hexane=1:4) to give 2,6-dichloro-3-(trifluoromethyl)pyridine (7.32 g, yield 97.3%).

1. temperaturethe mixture was heated with a gas burner
2. temperatureThe mixture was heated to 50° C.
3. stirringstirred for 21 hrs
4. stirringAfter stirring at 50° C. for 21 hrs
5. stirringthe mixture was stirred for 24 hrs
6. temperatureThe reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature
7. extractionthe mixture was extracted 3 times with diethyl ether
8. washThe combined organic layer was washed successively with 12% aqueous ammonia, 1M hydrochloric acid, saturated aqueous sodium hydrogen carbonate solution and saturated brine
9. dry with materialdried over anhydrous sodium sulfate
10. concentrationconcentrated under reduced pressure
11. customThe residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (dichloromethane:hexane=1:4)

ORD record

ord-0ef6ebdb70f44fc0954cf354973c2291

Source dataset

uspto-grants-2015_04

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US08999989B2