Carbon tetrabromide → 3-(Bromomethyl)-2-methoxypyridine

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To a 100-mL round-bottomed flask was added (2-methoxy-3-pyridinyl)methanol (1.12 g, 8.05 mmol), triphenylphosphine (2.32 g, 8.85 mmol, Aldrich, St. Louis, Mo.) and carbon tetrabromide (0.86 mL, 8.85 mmol, Aldrich, St. Louis, Mo.) in DCM (20 mL). The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 3 h. The solvent was removed in vacuo and the residue was purified by silica gel chromatography, eluting with 20% EtOAc/hexanes to give 3-(bromomethyl)-2-methoxypyridine (1.10 g) as a colorless oil.

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