Thionyl Chloride → 6-(Chloromethyl)imidazo[1,2-b]pyridazine

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Thionyl chloride (10 ml) was added to imidazo[1,2-b]pyridazin-6-ylmethanol (1.5 g, 9.0 mmol) at 20° C. under an atmosphere of nitrogen at RT. The reaction mixture was stirred at reflux for 3 h (the reaction was monitored by TLC) upon which the volatiles were removed under reduced pressure. The reaction mixture was diluted with water and extracted with EtOAc. The combined organics were dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by flash column chromatography using 15% ethyl acetate in n-hexane and silica gel (230-400 mesh) to afford 6-(chloromethyl)imidazo[1,2-b]pyridazine (1.2 g, 69%,) as an off-white solid. 1H NMR, 200 MHz, DMSO-d6: δ 8.35 (s, 1H), 8.3 (d, 1H), 7.85 (s, 1H), 7.35 (d, 1H), 4.95 (s, 2H). MS: [M+H]+: m/z=149.9.

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