Iodine → HCID 49761587, compound

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Reaction Steps

N-(5-(trifluoromethyl)pyridin-2-yl)pivalamide (22 g, 89.4 mmole) and TMEDA (33.3 ml, 223.4 mmole) were dissolved in THF (400 ml) under nitrogen and n-BuLi (139.6 ml, 223.4 mmole; 1.6 M solution in n-hexane) was added dropwise at −75° C. The mixture was stirred for 2 hours at −75° C. While maintaining this temperature a solution of iodine (56.7 g, 223.4 mmole) in THF (280 ml) was added dropwise and the reaction mixture was stirred for 2 hours. The reaction mixture was heated to 0° C. and quenched with saturated aqueous sodium thiosulfate solution. The aqueous phase was extracted with DCM (2×150 ml) and the combined organic phases were dried over MgSO4. After filtering off the drying agent and removing the solvent on a rotary evaporator the residue was purified by means of column chromatography (ether: cyclohexane=1:1) and N-(3-iodo-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyridin-2-yl)pivalamide (13 g, 39.1%) was thereby obtained.

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