Ethyl Bromide → N-Ethyl-6-methylpyridin-2-amine

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To a 3000 ml dry toluene were added 185 g of 60% sodium hydride. A solution of 500 g of 6-amino-2-picoline and 500 ml of toluene were dropwise added at 60° C. over about 2 hours to the resulting dispersion. Ethyl bromide of 554 g were dropwise added at 70° C. over about 2 hours to the resulting mixture and stirred for additional one hour. The reation mixture was added to 3000 ml of ice water. The organic phase was extracted and the extract was washed two times with water, concentrated and dried. Thus, 632 g of 6-ethylamino-2-picoline were obtained.

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