Diethyl Ether → 6-Bromo-3-pyridinecarboxaldehyde

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To a diethyl ether (60 mL) solution of 2,5-dibromopyridine (3.00 g, 12.7 mmol) was added n-butyl lithium (7.99 mL, 1.6 M hexane solution, 12.7 mmol) under nitrogen atmosphere at −78° C., which was stirred for 50 minutes at −78° C. Then, N,N-dimethylformamide (1.18 mL, 15.2 mmol) was added to the mixture, which was stirred for 35 minutes while the temperature was raised to room temperature. Water was added to the reaction solution at room temperature, which was extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was separated, washed with saturated aqueous sodium chloride, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and filtered. The filtrate was concentrated under a reduced pressure, and the residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (heptane:ethyl acetate=3:1) to obtain the title compound (1.56 g, 66%).

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