Acetic Acid → Ethyl 3-(3,5-dibromopyridin-4-yl)propanoate

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A solution of 3,5-dibromo-4-methylpyridine (20 g, 0.08 mol) in THF (50 mL) was added over a period of 1 hour to a solution of LDA (0.088 mol) [generated from N,N-diisopropylamine (8.9 g, 0.088 mol) and n-butyllithium (35 mL, 0.088 mol, 2.5 M in hexane) in 400 mL THF] at −78° C. The resulting dark red solution was stirred at −78° C. for 30 min before ethylbromoacetate (33.4 g, 0.2 mol) in THF (50 mL) was added over a period of 30 min. The reaction mixture was stirred for an additional 2.5 hour at −78° C. before 10% AcOH was added (resulting in a pH=4-5). The reaction mixture was then allowed to warm up to room temperature. After evaporation of the solvents, the residue was poured into satd. aq. NaHCO3 solution and extracted with EtOAc (100 mL×3). The combined organic layers were dried over anhy. Na2SO4, filtered, and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by column chromatography to afford the title compound (9 g, 33.5%) as a yellow solid. MS: 337.7 (M+H+, 2Br).

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