Hydrochloric Acid → 2-Chloro-5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzoyl)pyridine

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To 200 ml of tetrahydrofuran were added metallic magnesium (5.35 g) and 4-bromoveratrole (47.8 g), and the mixture was heated for 3 hours under reflux to prepare a 3,4-dimethoxyphenyl magnesium bromide solution. This solution was added, while stirring, dropwise at temperatures ranging from -50° C. to -60° C. to a solution of 6-chloronicotinic acid chloride (21.2 g) in tetrahydrofuran (200 ml) (the time required for the addition: one hour). The resultant mixture was stirred at the same temperature for 2 hours and 40 minutes, and there was then added 2N hydrochloric acid (100 ml). Precipitating crystals were collected by filtration, washed with water and dried to afford 2-chloro-5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzoyl)pyridine (22.5 g), m.p. 158° to 159° C.

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