Carbon Tetrachloride → 2-(Chloromethyl)-5-(1,2-oxazol-3-yl)pyridine

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To a stirring mixture of 3-(6-methylpyridin-3-yl)isoxazole (76 mg, 0.474 mmol) and 6 mL carbon tetrachloride, was added N-chlorosuccinimide (69.7 mg, 0.52 mmol), followed by 3 mg benzoyl peroxide. The reaction mixture was refluxed. Additional N-chlorosuccinimide (40 mg, 0.30 mmol) was added in two portions after stirring 2 h and 4 h. After refluxing for a total of 13 h the reaction mixture was diluted with EtOAc, then washed sequentially with 1 N aq. NaOH solution, water and brine. The organic phase was dried (Na2SO4), filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure. The crude product was purified by automated silica gel chromatography (eluted with ethyl acetate-hexanes) to isolate 31 mg (34%) of the title compound as a white solid. HPLC/MS: retention time=1.77 min, [M+H]+=195.

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