Ethyl Acetate → Methyl 6-chloro-5-isothiocyanatonicotinate

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Thiophosgene (6.367 g, 55.37 mmol) in dichloromethane (10 mL) was added to a mixture of methyl 5-amino-6-chloronicotinate (8.61 g, 46.14 mmol) and sodium carbonate (9.781 g, 92.29 mmol) in dichloromethane (200 mL). The reaction mixture was stirred for four days at ambient temperature. The reaction mixture was washed with water and brine, dried, and concentrated. The residue was purified via MPLC (Biotage) eluting with 12:1 hexane:ethyl acetate to afford methyl 6-chloro-5-isothiocyanatonicotinate (8.03 g, 76.1% yield) as a white solid: 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 3.97 (s, 3H), 8.09 (s, 1H), 8.84 (s, 1H).

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