Iodine → [1-(6-Chloro-4-iodo-pyridin-3-yl)-ethyl]-carbamic acid tert-butyl ester

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Dissolve tert-butyl 1-(6-chloropyridin-3-yl)ethylcarbamate (3.77 g, 14.7 mmol) in THF (60 mL). Add tert-butyllithium (1.7 M heptane solution, 25.9 mL, 44.0 mmol) at −78° C. under N2. Stir the reaction solution for 0.5 h at −78° C. Add a solution of iodine (5.59 g, 22.0 mmol) in THF (44 mL) dropwise over 30 min under N2 at −78° C. Stir the resulting solution at −78° C. for 1 h, then from −78° C. to RT for 1 h. Quench the reaction with water. Extract with ethyl acetate. Wash the organic layer with water and saturated aqueous sodium chloride. Dry over MgSO4. After filtration, concentrate and purify the crude by FCC (0.1% to 1% 2 M NH3 methanol solution/CH2Cl2) to afford the title compound (1.34 g, 24%) with 98% HPLC purity. MS (ES) m/z 383 [M+1]+

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