Ethylene Glycol → 2-Bromo-6-(1,3-dioxolan-2-yl)pyridine

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A mixture of 6-bromo-pyridine-2-carbaldehyde (2.0 g, 10.75 mmol), ethylene glycol (3 mL, 53.75 mmol), and a catalytic amount of TsOH in toluene (50 mL) was heated to reflux with a Dean-Stark trap for 1.5 hours and cooled down to room temperature and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified on silica gel column with 2% EtOAc in CH2Cl2 to yield 2-bromo-6-[1,3]dioxolan-2-yl-pyridine as a colorless liquid (1.97 g, 80%).

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