Water → 2-Methyl-6-(methylsulfonyl)pyridin-3-amine

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A mixture of 3-amino-6-bromo-2-methylpyridine (ECA International Corporation, Palatine, Ill., USA; 2.0 g, 10.7 mmol), sodium methanesulfinate (Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc., Milwaukee, Wis., USA 5.13 g, 42.8 mmol), copper trifluoromethanesulfonate benzene complex (598 mg, 1.07 mmol), and N,N′-dimethylethylenediamine (115 μL, 1.07 mmol) in dimethylsulfoxide (15 mL) was heated at 150° C. for 4 h. The mixture was cooled and water and ethyl acetate were added. The aqueous layer was extracted three times with ethyl acetate. The combined organic layers were washed twice with water, and then concentrated to approximately 5 mL. This gave a precipitate which was filtered off, washed with a small amount of ethyl acetate and air dried to give 6-Methanesulfonyl-2-methyl-pyridin-3-ylamine (1 g, 50%) as a brown powder. 1H NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 2.30 (s, 3H), 3.05 (s, 3H), 6.04 (br s, 2H), 6.98 (d, 1H, J=8.4 Hz), 7.55 (d, 1H, J=8.2 Hz).

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