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HRID 2083054Generated: November 3, 2026

Thionyl Chloride → 2-(Chloromethyl)-4-methoxypyridine hydrochloride

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantThionyl ChlorideHCID 24386—
Reactant(4-Methoxy-pyridin-2-yl)-methanolHCID 10820596—
SolventChloroformHCID 6212—
Product2-(Chloromethyl)-4-methoxypyridine hydrochlorideHCID 13923368—

Reaction Steps

Thionyl chloride (23 cc) was added over 25 minutes to a stirred solution of 2-hydroxymethyl-4-methoxypyridine (8.935 g) in chloroform at room temperature, and the mixture was stirred for a further 2 hours and was evaporated to dryness and the residue was triturated with ether and recrystallised from 0.9N ethanolic hydrogen chloride/ether (7:5) to give 2-chloromethyl-4-methoxypyridine hydrochloride m.p. 142° (decomp).(12.1 g).

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS04083983
Source datasetuspto-grants-1978_04
ORD IDord-322dc093698c40919ac9bd30ac81d339
Source noteuspto-grants-1978_04