Thionyl Chloride → 5-bromo-2-(chloromethyl)pyridine

Reaction equation

[Br:1][C:2]1[CH:3]=[CH:4][C:5]([CH2:8]O)=[N:6][CH:7]=1.S(Cl)([Cl:12])=O>C(Cl)Cl.C(=O)(O)[O-].[Na+]>[Br:1][C:2]1[CH:3]=[CH:4][C:5]([CH2:8][Cl:12])=[N:6][CH:7]=1

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Procedure

To a stirred solution of (5-Bromo-pyridin-2-yl)-methanol (1 g, 5.319 mmol) in CH2Cl2 (20 mL) is added drop wise thionyl chloride (0.57 mL, 7.979 mmol) at 0° C. then stirred for another 4 hours. Reaction mixture is diluted with saturated sodium bicarbonate solution and extracted with CH2Cl2. Organic layer is dried over sodium sulphate, solvent is evaporated in vacuo and purified by column chromatography using 7% ethyl acetate in hexane as an eluent to afford the title compound (0.8 g). 1HNMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ: 4.7 (s, 2H), 7.53 (d, 8.36 Hz, 1H), 8.09-8.11 (dd, J1=2.44 Hz, J2=8.23 Hz, 1H), 8.69 (d, J=2.4 Hz, 1H), LC-MS (M/Z): [M+H]=206.0.