Thionyl Chloride → 2-Bromo-5-(chloromethyl)pyridine

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Reaction Steps

3.69 g (19.7 mmol) of the compound from Example 4A are initially introduced into the reaction vessel under argon and 25 ml thionyl chloride are added dropwise at −60° C. (bath temperature). The mixture is stirred at −60° C. for 1 h. It is concentrated at RT on a rotary evaporator, and 50 ml saturated sodium bicarbonate solution and 50 ml ethyl acetate are added to the residue. The aqueous phase is extracted with ethyl acetate (four times with 25 ml each time). The combined organic phases are dried over sodium sulfate and filtered, the solvent is removed on a rotary evaporator and the residue is dried in vacuo.

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