Triethylamine → 2-(2-Fluoropyridin-4-ylmethylthio)pyridine-3-carboxylic acid

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A solution of triethylamine (7.0 mL, 50 mmol) in N,N-dimethylformamide (20 mL) was added to a solution of 4-chloromethyl-2-fluoropyridine (Reference compound No. 1-1, 5.5 g, 38 mmol) and 2-mercaptonicotinic acid (6.2 g, 40 mmol) in N,N-dimethylformamide (40 mL) under ice-cooling, then the mixture was stirred for 12 hours at room temperature. Ethyl acetate (50 mL) was added to the reaction mixture, the whole was extracted with 0.1 N aqueous sodium hydroxide solution (100 mL). 1 N hydrochloric acid was added to the aqueous layer to adjust to pH 5, and the precipitated crystal was filtered off. The crystal was dried at 80° C. under reduced pressure to give 5.3 g of the title reference compound as a brown solid. (Yield 53%)

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