Hydrochloric Acid → 6-Chloro-5-methoxypyridin-3-amine

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2-Chloro-3-methoxy-5-nitropyridine (1.5 g, 0.008 mole) was added to concentrated hydrochloric acid (15 ml) at 5° C., followed by stannous chloride (5.0 g). The reaction mixture was stirred for 10 minutes at 5° C., heated for 30 minutes on a steam bath, cooled, neutralized with aqueous sodium hydroxide (20 percent by weight) and extracted with 1,1,1-trichloroethane. The trichloroethane extract was dried over MgSO4 and evaporated in vacuo to yield a white solid; yield, 1.02 g (91 percent), m.p. 93° to 94° C.

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