Sodium Hydroxide → 5-Bromo-6-methoxypyridine-3-carbaldehyde

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To a mixture of 6-methoxynicotinaldehyde (3 g, 0.0219 mol) and NaOAc (3.5 g, 0.0427 mol) in HOAc (10 mL) was added a solution of bromine (1.64 mL, 0.031 mol) in HOAc (10 mL) over 30 mins via an additional funnel. The mixture was heated to 90° C. for 5 h, cooled to rt. The reaction was added iced water (100 mL), neutralized to pH=7.5 with aq. NaOH (5 N), extracted with ethyl acetate (4×50 mL), washed with brine, dried over Na2SO4, filtered and concentrated. The residue was purified via flash column using dichloromethane as an eluent. The product containing fractions were collected and concentrated to give 5-bromo-6-methoxynicotinaldehyde (1.854 g, 39% yield).

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