Potassium Carbonate → 6-Chloro-2,3-dimethylpyridine

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5,6-dimethyl-2(1H)pyridinone (Example 476, 0.39 g, 3.2 mmol) was suspended in phosphorous oxychloride (5.00 mL, 53.6 mmol) and heated to 100° C. Then, phosphorous pentachloride (4.00 g, 19.2 mmol) was added, and the mixture was heated to 140° C. After 16 h, the mixture was cooled to rt, diluted with CH2Cl2 (5 mL), and slowly poured into a 0° C. solution of potassium hydroxide (5 g) and potassium carbonate (5 g) in water (100 mL). Upon complete addition, the mixture was allowed to warm to rt and stirred for 1 h. The aqueous solution was extracted with CH2Cl2, and the combined organics layers were dried (MgSO4), filtered, and concentrated in vacuo to provide the title compound (0.35 g, 77%) as a brown oil. The material was used in the next step without further purification. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.36 (d, 1H), 7.07 (d, 1H), 2.49 (s, 3H), 2.27 (s, 3H).

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