2,6-Dichloro-3-nitropyridin-4-amine → 6-Chloro-2-methoxy-3-nitro-4-pyridinamine

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A 5-L, four neck round bottom flask equipped with overhead stirrer, positive pressure nitrogen inlet, 500-mL addition funnel with nitrogen outlet and a thermocouple was charged with 2,6-dichloro-3-nitropyridin-4-amine (150.0 g, 0.72 mol) and MeOH (1.50 L) and the resulting brown suspension was stirred at room temperature. NaOCH3 (25% solution in MeOH, 260 mL, 1.155 mol) was charged to the addition funnel and added over 30 min (the temperature did not exceed 32° C.). The resulting red suspension was stirred for 1 h, then transferred to a 3-L round bottom flask (with MeOH) and evaporated to near dryness on a rotary evaporator. The resulting red sludge was diluted with aqueous ammonium chloride (1.75 L) and extracted with EtOAc (2×900 mL). The combined organics were washed with water (150 mL), the water layer was diluted with brine (100 mL) and back-extracted with EtOAc (100 mL). The combined organics were dried (MgSO4) and concentrated under reduced pressure at 60° C. to yield 6-chloro-2-methoxy-3-nitropyridin-4-amine as a yellow solid. 1H NMR (CHLOROFORM-d) δ: 6.36 (s, 1H), 6.14 (br. s., 2H), 4.04 (s, 3H)

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