Ammonium Chloride → 6-Iodopyridine-2,3-diamine

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To a solution of 5-2 (2.0 g, 7.55 mmol) and NH4Cl (0.202 g, 3.78 mmol) in 2:1 EtOH-H20 (37.8 mL) at 90° C. was added iron powder (2.11 g, 37.8 mmol) in three equal portions over ten minutes. The reaction turned very dark in color. After sixty minutes the hot mixture was filtered through Celite then concentrated. The residue was partitioned between EtOAc and saturated NaHCO3 solution. The organic phase was washed with sat. NaHCO3 solution and brine, then dried with MgSO4 and concentrated to yield a brown solid.

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