Potassium Carbonate → 2-Acetylamino-6-bromoacetylpyridine

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Bromine (1.9 ml) was added dropwise to a mixture of 2-acetyl-6-acetylaminopyridine (6.6 g) and 30 wt % hydrogenbromide-acetic acid solution (7.4 ml) in acetic acid (66 ml) at ambient temperature under stirring and the mixture was stirred at 50° C. for 1.5 hours. The reaction mixture was added to a mixture of ethyl acetate and water and the mixture was adjusted to pH 8 with potassium carbonate. The separated organic layer was washed with brine, dried over magnesium sulfate and evaporated to give 2-acetylamino-6-bromoacetylpyridine (8.57 g).

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