Sodium Iodide → 2-Iodo-4-[5-(4-morpholinylcarbonyl)-2-pyridinyl]phenol

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A mixture of Example 44B (4.25 g, 15.0 mmol) sodium iodide (2.36 g, 15.7 mmol) and sodium hydroxide (0.63 g, 15.7 mmol) was stirred in methanol (90 mL) with heating until a clear solution was obtained. The solution was then cooled to 0° C. and to this was slowly added sodium hypochlorite (22 mL of 5.25%, 1.15 g, 15.5 mmol) (Clorox™) over 45 minutes. While maintaining 0° C., two sequential additions of NaI (0.3 g, 1.5 mmol) and Clorox (2.2 mL, 0.12 g, 1.5 mmol) were made both 2 hours and 4 hours later. The mixture was stirred for 12 hours at ambient temperature, quenched by the sequential addition of aqueous sodium thiosulfate (10 mL), water (800 mL) and sufficient aqueous sodium dihydrogen phosphate (NaH2PO4) to adjust the pH to 7. The mixture was extracted with dichloromethane, and the combined extracts dried (Na2SO4), filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure to give a tan foam. The product was crystallized from ethanol to give the titled compounds as a tan solid (3.78 g, 61%). MS (DCI) m/z 411 (M+H)+;

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