2,3,4,5-Tetrachloropyridine → Pyridine, 2,3,5-trichloro-

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By the method described in Example 1, 11.0 g (0.05 mol) of 2,3,4,5-tetrachloropyridine, 4.4 g (0.065 gram atom) of zinc dust (96%) and 9.5 g (0.075 mol) of the ammonium salt of methanephosphonic acid monomethyl ester are reacted to obtain 7.0 g (76% of theory) of 2,3,5-trichloropyridine, m.p. 37°-40° C., which contains, according to gas-chromatographical analysis, 78.8% of 2,3,5-trichloropyridine, 2.5% of 2,3,4,5-tetrachloropyridine and 0.61% of unknown products.

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