2,5-Dichloropyridine-4-carbonitrile → N-(2,5-Dichloro-pyridin-4-ylmethyl)-acetamide

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A mixture of 3,6-dichloro-4-cyanopyridine (prepared according to WO 9633975) (3.40 g, 19.65 mmol) and PtO2 (0.40 g) in 1:1 Ac2O/AcOH (60 mL) was shaken in a Parr hydrogenation apparatus at 30 psi H2 for 6 h. The reaction mixture was filtered through a pad a celite and the filtered solids washed with EtOAc. The combined filtrate and washings were concentrated in vacuo and the resulting white solid purified by column chromatography on a 120 g ISCO combi-flash cartridge (silica gel, 20:80 to 100:0 EtOAc/hexane) to afford N-(2,5-Dichloro-pyridin-4-ylmethyl)-acetamide (1.73 g, 40%) as a white solid.

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