3-Bromo-2-chloro-5-nitropyridine → 3-Bromo-2-methyl-5-nitropyridine

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3-Bromo-2-chloro-5-nitropyridine (25 g, 105 mmol; prepared from 2-hydroxy-5-nitropyridine according to the procedure of V. Koch and S. Schnatterer, Synthesis 1990, 499-501) was treated with the sodium salt of diethylmalonate (17.6 mL, 116 mmol) according to the procedure of Odashima et al Bull Chem Soc Jpn 1993, 66, 797-803) to provide 17.1 g (78.8 mmol, 75%) of dark red oil: TLC Rf 0.5 (4:1 hexanes/EtOAc); 1H NMR (CDCl3, 300 MHz) δ: 2.81 (s, 3H), 8.61 (d, 1H, J=2.0 Hz), 9.26 (d, 1H, J=2.0 Hz).

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