4-Methylpyridine → 1-(2-Chlorophenyl)-2-(pyridin-4-yl)ethanone

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To lithium diisopropyl amide (6.5 mL, 1.6 M in cyclohexane, 10.4 mmol) in THF (20.0 mL) at −78° C. was added a solution of 4-picoline (1.07 g mL, 11.5 mmol) in THF (10.0 mL) dropwise. The dry ice bath was removed. The reaction mixture was stirred at 0° C. for 30 minutes, and cooled back to −78° C. A solution of 2-chloro-N-methoxy-N-methylbenzamide (21) (2.39 g, 12 mmol) in THF (10.0 mL) was added dropwise. The reaction mixture was warmed to room temperature and stirred overnight. White solid was filtered off and dissolved in ethyl acetate. The organic phase was washed with water, brine, dried over dried magnesium sulfate and concentrated under vacuum to give 1-(2-chlorophenyl)-2-(pyridin-4-yl)ethanone (22) (1.09 g, 4.7 mmol, 47%) as white solid.

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