2,5-Dibromopyridine → 5-Bromo-2-(methylthio)pyridine

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A mixture of 2,5-dibromopyridine (7) (1100 g, 4.64 mol), tetrabutylammonium bromide (55 g, 0.037 equivalent) and a 15% aqueous sodium thiomethoxide solution (2387 g, 1.1 equivalent) was heated at 85 to 90° C. for 3.5 hours. After the reaction mixture was cooled to 10° C., the resulting solid was filtered off. The organic layer was washed with cold water (1 L) and concentrated to obtain the crude product (8) (985 g, yield 104%). The crude product (8) (908 g) was purified by recrystallization using 2-propanol (2.1 L) and water (4.2 L) to obtain a compound (8) as crystals (831 g, yield 91.5%).

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