Triethylamine → Methyl 5-fluoro-3-methylpyridine-2-carboxylate

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To a solution of 2-bromo-5-fluoro-3-methyl-pyridine (4.90 g) in AcOEt (100 ml) and MeOH (10 ml) was subsequently added NEt3 (5.4 ml) and 1,1′-bis(diphenylphosphino) ferrocene-palladium(II)dichloride dichloromethane adduct (490 mg) and the mixture was carbonylated at 100 bar CO and 110° C. for 20 h. The mixture was evaporated and the residue purified by chromatography on silica gel using n-heptane/AcOEt (7:1) to give the title compound (3.44 g) as a pale red solid. MS: m/z=170.1 [M+H]+.

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