Sodium Iodide → 4-Ethoxy-2-fluoropyridin-3-amine

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To a solution of 19 g (74 mmol) of t-butyl N-(4-ethoxy-2-fluoro-3-pyridinyl)carbamate and 12.2 g (81.5 mmol) of sodium iodide in 400 mL of dry acetonitrile was added with stirring 8.9 g (81.5 mmol) of trimethylsilyl chloride. The mixture was allowed to react for 4 hr and then a 100 mL solution of aqueous sodium bicarbonate was added with stirring. The resulting mixture was extracted with 1 L of ether and the ether extract was dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated by evaporation. The residue was purified by column chromatography to obtain 6.3 g (55 percent of theory) of the title compound as a colorless solid melting at 76°-77° C.

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