Dimethylformamide → 2-Chloro-5-fluoro-3-nitropyridine

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5-fluoro-2-hydroxy-3-nitropyridine (11.0 g, 69.4 mmol) prepared in Step 3 was added to a mixed solution of phosphorus oxychloride (38.8 ml, 416 mmol) and N,N-dimethylformamide (537 μl, 6.94 mmol). The reaction mixture was stirred for 5 hours at 110° C. Water (250 ml) was added to the reaction mixture, which was then extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer washed with a sodium chloride solution (250 ml) three times, dried on anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and then concentrated under reduced pressure. The resulting residue was purified with silica gel column chromatography (ethyl acetate) to give 9.02 g of the titled compound as yellow solid. (Yield: 74%).

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