Dimethylformamide → tert-Butyl 4-chloro-3-formylpyridin-2-ylcarbamate

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Reaction Steps

Dissolve tert-butyl 4-chloropyridin-2-ylcarbamate (1.95 g, 0.00855 moles) in dry THF (50 mL) and cool to −78° C. under nitrogen atmosphere. Add dropwise 1.6 M n-BuLi/hexane (12.8 mL, 0.02053 moles) over a period of 15 minutes while maintaining the reaction temperature below −70° C. Stir the resulting red orange solution at −78° C. for 2 hours. Add DMF (3.3 mL, 0.04275 moles) dropwise to the reaction mixture while maintaining the reaction temperature below −70° C. Stir further at −78° C. for 2 hours and then quench the reaction mixture with saturated ammonium chloride (50 mL). Warm the reaction mixture to room temperature, extract with EtOAc (3×50 mL) and dry with MgSO4. Filter and concentrate under reduced pressure to afford a yellow viscous oil. Purify the crude product by flash column chromatography using 15-20% EtOAc/hexane to afford the title product as a white solid.

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