Hydrazine → 5-Bromo-4-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-hydrazinylpyridine

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To a solution of 5-bromo-2-chloro-4-(4-chlorophenyl)pyridine (1.3 g, 4.3 mmol) in THF (10 mL) was added hydrazine (1.4 g, 43 mmol). The reaction mixture was refluxed under argon for 4 days, then allowed to cool to 20° C. and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by using reverse phase preparative HPLC (Conditions: Phenomenex Luna 5μC 18 30×100 mm; Eluted with 0% to 100% B, 10 min gradient, 100% B hold for 5 min, (A=90% H2O, 10% CH3CN, 0.1% trifluoroacetic acid and B=10% H2O, 90% CH3CN, 0.1% trifluoroacetic acid); Flow rate at 40 mL/min, UV detection at 220 nm), followed by basification with 1N aqueous NaOH to pH 12 and extraction with CHCl3 to afford 0.82 g (63%) of the title compound as an off-white solid. LC/MS (method B): retention time=1.47 min, [M+H]+=298.0.

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