4-Fluorobenzylamine → N-(4-fluorobenzyl)-3-nitro-2-pyridinamine

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A mixture of 2-fluoro-3-nitropyridine (2.5 g, 17.6 mmol), 4-fluorobenzyl-amine (4.40 g, 35.2 mmol), and N,N-diisopropyl-N-ethylamine (4.55 g, 35.2 mmol) in anhydrous acetonitrile (30 mL) was stirred at room temperature for 1 hour. The reaction mixture was concentrated under vacuum, and the residue partitioned between water and ethyl acetate. The organic extract was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated under vacuum. The residue was subjected to column chromatography on silica gel eluting with 15% ethyl acetate in hexane. Collection and concentration of appropriate fractions provided the 2-(4-fluorobenzylamino)-3-nitropyridine intermediate as yellow solid.

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