Methylamine → Ethyl 6-chloro-4-(methylamino)pyridine-3-carboxylate

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A 0° C. solution of ethyl 4,6-dichloronicotinate (5 g, 22.8 mmol) in MeCN (30 mL) was treated drop-wise with aqueous methylamine (65%, 5.2 g, 45.6 mmol), warmed to RT and stirred for 8 h. The mixture was concentrated to dryness, the residue suspended in H2O and extracted with EtOAc (3×). The combined extracts were washed with brine, dried (MgSO4) and concentrated to give ethyl 6-chloro-4-(methylamino)nicotinate (4 g, 82% yield), which was used in the next step without further purification. 1H NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6): δ 8.48 (s, 1H), 8.04 (d, J=4.5 Hz, 1H), 6.71 (s, 1H), 4.27 (q, J=6.9 Hz, 2H), 2.85 (d, J=5.1 Hz, 3H), 1.29 (t, J=6.9 Hz, 3H).

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