Triphenylphosphine → 5-Bromo-6-(1-methyl-1H-imidazol-2-ylmethoxy)-nicotinic acid methyl ester

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5-Bromo-6-hydroxy-3-pyridinecarboxylic acid methyl ester (1.0 g, 4.3 mmol) was suspended in tetrahydrofurane, 1-methyl-1H-imidazole-2-methanol (0.72 g, 6.5 mmol) and triphenylphosphine was added (1.70 g, 6.5 mmol). To this mixture was added with stirring diisopropyl-azodicarboxylate (1.35 mL, 6.5 mmol) at room temperature. Stirring was continued for 1 h at room temperature, solvent was removed and the residue was purified by chromatography with heptane/ethylacetate/methanol on silica gel to yield 0.38 g of the title compound as a colorless solid, MS (ISP) 326.0, 328.0 (M+H)+.

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