N-bromobutanimide → 5-(Bromomethyl)-2-chloro-3-fluoropyridine

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A suspension of 2-chloro-3-fluoro-5-methylpyridine (5.1 g, 35 mmol), N-bromosuccinimide (6.1 g, 35 mmol) and benzolyperoxide (0.16 g, 0.66 mmol) in carbon tetrachloride (100 mL) was refluxed overnight. Upon cooling down, the solid was filtered off and the filtrate was concentrated and loaded onto a silica gel column eluted with 5% EtOAc in hexane to give 3.77 g of the desired 2-chloro-3-fluoro-5-bromomethylpyridine as colorless oil in 48% yield. GC-MS calcd. for C6H4BrClFN: 224.46. Found: 224.

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