5-Fluoro-2-nitropyridin-3-ol → 2-Amino-5-fluoropyridin-3-ol

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5.6 g of 5-fluoro-2-nitropyridin-3-ol (Example 7A; 36 mmol) were dissolved in 2 l of ethanol, a catalytic amount of palladium on activated carbon (10%) was added and the mixture was hydrogenated under standard hydrogen pressure for 16 h. The mixture was filtered off through silica gel and the filtrate was concentrated (product batch 1). The filter cake was rinsed with methanol until the colour of the filtrate was no longer yellowish. The filtrate was concentrated, giving a second product batch. This gave 4.26 g (85% of theory) of the title compound.

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