2-Amino-4-methylpyridine → 2-Amino-5-bromo-4-methylpyridine

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In a nitrogen atmosphere, 1.08 g of 2-amino-4-methylpyridine was dissolved in 75 mL of tetrahydrofuran, and tetrahydrofuran (75 mL) solution of 3.20 g of pyridinium hydrobromide perbromide was dropwise added thereto at room temperature, over 1.5 hours. After the addition, this was stirred at room temperature for 40 minutes, and 100 mL of aqueous saturated sodium sulfite solution was added to the reaction mixture. This was extracted with ethyl acetate, and the ethyl acetate layer was dried with magnesium sulfate. The solvent was evaporated off under reduced pressure, and the residue was separated and purified through silica gel column chromatography (hexane/ethyl acetate=4/1 to ethyl acetate) to obtain 1.00 g of the entitled compound as a white solid.

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