Methyl chloroformate → Methyl 6-chloropyridine-3-carboxylate

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Triethylamine (28.4 g) was added to a solution of 6-chloronicotinic acid (40 g) in dry dichloromethane (900 ml). The mixture was cooled in an ice bath and methyl chloroformate (26.8 g) was added dropwise. The mixture was stirred at room temperature overnight, washed in turn with water, aqueous sodium hydrogen carbonate and brine. The organic phase was dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and evaporated to give methyl 6-chloronicotinate.

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