m-Chloroperbenzoic acid → 2-(4-Fluorophenyl)-3-(methoxycarbonyl)pyridine-1-oxide

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A mixture of methyl 2-(4-fluorophenyl)pyridin-3-carboxylate (10.5 g.) and MCPBA (12.33 g., 65%) in dichloromethane was stirred at 0° C. for 1 hour and then at ambient temperature for 2 hours. It was then washed with saturated sodium bicarbonate solution (300 ml.), dried and applied directly to a silica flash column which was eluted firstly with ethyl acetate/iso-hexane (1:1), ethyl acetate and ethyl acetate/methanol (9:1) to give 2-(4-fluorophenyl)-3-(methoxycarbonyl)pyridine-1-oxide as a white solid (10.5 g.).

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