Methyl iodide → HCID 23078267, compound

6-Fluoro-2-iodo-pyridin-3-ol (50 mg) was dissolved in acetonitrile (2 ml) to prepare a solution. Methyl iodide (148 mg) and potassium carbonate (87 mg) were added to the solution, and the mixture was stirred at room temperature overnight. The solvent was removed by distillation under the reduced pressure, water was then added to the residue, and the mixture was extracted with chloroform. The chloroform layer was washed with water and was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, the solvent was removed by distillation under the reduced pressure, and the residue was purified by thin layer chromatography using chloroform to give 6-fluoro-2-iodo-3-methoxypyridine (52 mg, yield 100%).