Nitric Acid → 2-Amino-5-bromo-4-methyl-3-nitropyridine

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Nitric acid (0.7 ml) was added dropwise to a solution of 5-bromo-4-methylpyridine-2-amine (2.0 g) in concentrated sulfuric acid (8.7 ml) at 55° C. over 30 minutes, and the mixture was stirred at the same temperature for 3 hours. After further stirring at room temperature for 2 hours, the reaction solution was poured into ice water. A 50% aqueous sodium hydroxide solution was added, and the resulting precipitate was collected by filtration, washed with distilled water and then dried under reduced pressure to give the title compound (2.5 g).

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