Methyl iodide → Methyl 8-bromo-1,6-naphthyridine-2-carboxylate

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8-Bromo-[1,6]naphthyridine-2-carboxylic acid methyl ester (2) is prepared by combining compound 1 (1 equiv.), cesium carbonate (1.1 equiv.) and methyl iodide (1.1 equiv.) in DMF (10 mL) and stirring for 16 hrs. at room temperature. The reaction is concentrated in vacuo to give a brown solid, which is dissolved in EtOAc (50 mL) and washed with water (2×50 mL). The EtOAc layer is dried over sodium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated in vacuo to afford a purple solid. The crude product is purified via silica gel chromatography (EtOAc) to yield (2) as a yellow solid, 65%, LC/MS (M+H) 269.0.

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