Methanol → Methyl 2-chloro-3-methylpyridine-4-carboxylate

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The mixture of 1.0 g of 2-chloro-4-iodo picoline, 84 mg of palladium acetate, 218 mg of 1,1′-bisdiphenylphosphino ferrocene, 990 mg of sodium hydrogen carbonate, 10 mL of N,N-dimethylformamide, and 10 ml of methanol, was stirred overnight in a carbon monoxide atmosphere at 80° C. After cooling the reaction mixture back to room temperature, water and a saturated aqueous solution of sodium hydrogen carbonate were added thereto, and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with saturated brine, and then dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. The insolubles were filtered, the filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure, and then the obtained residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography to obtain 522 mg of 2-chloro-3-methylisonicotinic acid methyl ester [48-1] as a colorless oily product.

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