Carbon Dioxide → 3-Fluoropyridine-4-carboxylic acid

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3-Fluoropyridine (25 g, 257 mmol) was added to a solution of butyllithium (270 mmol) and diisopropylamine (27.4 g, 271 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (600 mL) at −78° C. After stirring for one hour, crushed dry ice was added to the solution and the solution was warmed to room temperature during one hour. Aqueous hydrogen chloride was added to the solution to acidify the solution to pH 5. The resulting precipitate was filtered and dried. The title compound (25.2 g, 179 mmol, 70%) was obtained as colorless crystal.

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