Dichloromethane → HCID 58009889, compound

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Reaction Steps

A round bottom flask was charged with 6-fluoro-4-methylnicotinic acid (1.13 g, 7.28 mmol, Frontier) and DCM (73 mL) to give a clear solution. Thionyl chloride (5.32 mL, 72.8 mmol) was added drop-wise and the mixture was stirred at room temperature overnight. The reaction mixture was concentrated to dryness under reduced pressure and the residue was dissolved in EtOAc (10 mL) and added drop-wise to a rapidly stirred mixture of EtOAc (40 mL) and concentrated aqueous NH4OH (36.9 ml, 947 mmol). The mixture was stirred for about 1 h, and the layers were separated. The aqueous layer was further extracted with EtOAc (50 mL) and the combined extracts were washed with brine, dried over anhydrous Na2SO4, filtered, and concentrated to dryness under reduced pressure to give 6-fluoro-4-methylnicotinamide (0.69 g, 61%) as white solid: LC/MS (Table 2, Method d) Rt=1.03 min; MS m/z 153 (M−H)−.

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