N-bromobutanimide → 2-Amino-3-bromo-5-fluoropyridine

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NBS (10 g, 56.2 mmol) was added slowly to a solution of 5-fluoro-pyridin-2-ylamine (55) (12.4 g, 56.2 mmol) in MeCN (200 mL). The reaction mixture was stirred at RT overnight. After completion, the solution was filtered and the filtrate was concentrated to obtain a residue, which was purified by silica gel chromatography (10% to 20% EtOAc in petroleum ether) to give 3-bromo-5-fluoro-pyridin-2-ylamine (56) (5.2 g, 27.2 mmol, 31% yield) as a yellow solid.

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