Potassium Carbonate → 3-chloro-1-(4-methoxy-benzyl)-5-nitro-1H-pyridin-2-one

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4-Methoxybenzyl bromide (5.0 mL, 34.4 mmol) was added to a cold (0° C.) mixture 3-chloro-2-hydroxy-5-nitropyridine (5 g, 28.6 mmol) and K2CO3 (7.9 g, 57.3 mmol) in DMF (25 mL). The reaction mixture was allowed to warm to rt, stirred for 2 h, quenched by addition of a saturated aqueous NaHCO3 solution, and extracted with EtOAc. The organic layer was washed with brine, dried (Na2SO4), filtered, and concentrated. The residue was purified by trituration in EtOAc. ESI-MS: tR=0.98 min (LC-MS 1).

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