Diethyl Ether → 5-Chloro-6-(1-hydroxy-1-methylethyl)pyridin-3-ol

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Reaction Steps

1-(3-Chloro-5-hydroxypyridin-2-yl)ethanone (0.075 g, 0.0068 mol) was dissolved in THF (2 mL). The mixture was degassed three times then cooled to 0° C. with an ice bath. Then bromo(methyl)magnesium in diethylether (0.3 mL, 0.0009 mol) was added dropwise to the reaction mixture under nitrogen keeping the temperature at 0° C. with an ice bath. When the addition was complete, it was left to warm up to room temperature for 16 hours. Then bromo(methyl)magnesium in diethylether (0.3 mL, 0.0009 mol) was added dropwise to the reaction mixture and was stirred at room temperature for further 3 hours. A saturated aqueous solution of sodium chloride was slowly added to the reaction mixture (10 mL) and then it was extracted with EtOAc (2×10 mL). The organic layers were combined, dried over sodium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated in vacuo to obtain the title compound as a translucent solid (0.049 g, 4% yield):

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