Tert-Butylamine → 6-Bromo-N-(tert-butyl)-3-methylpyridin-2-amine

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To a solution of 2-bromo-5-methylpyridine 1-oxide (2.0 g, 10.6 mmol) in DCM (40 mL) and trifluorobenzene (17 mL) at 0° C. were added tert-butylamine (8.0 mL, 76.7 mmol) and p-toluenesulfonic anhydride (11.4 g, 35.0 mmol) portion-wise. The reaction mixture was stirred at 0° C. for 1.5 hours and then filtered. The filtrate was concentrated to give a residue that was purified by flash chromatography (Si—PPC, Et2O:pentane, gradient 0:100 to 100:0) to give (6-Bromo-3-methylpyridin-2-yl)-tert-butylamine as a colourless oil (500 mg, 19%). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CHCl3-d): δ 6.98 (d, J=7.5 Hz, 1 H); 6.59 (d, J=7.5 Hz, 1 H); 4.05 (s, 1 H); 1.96 (s, 3 H); 1.47 (s, 9 H).

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