Triethylamine → 3,5-Dibromopicolinonitrile

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3,5-dibromopyridine 1-oxide (25.09g, 0.099 mol) was dissolved in acetonitrile (200 mL) and triethylamine (28 mL, 0.198 mol) and trimethylsilylcyanide (40 mL, 0.297 mol) were added. The reaction was stirred 16 hours and then diluted with dichloromethane, aqueous sodium carbonate, water, and then filtered through Celite eluting with dichloromethane. The mixture was extracted with dichloromethane and purified by silica gel chromatography (3:2 hexanes:ethyl acetate gradient elution) to afford 3,5-dibromo-2-pyridinecarbonitrile (18.98 g, 73% yield) as a tan solid. 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 8.68 (d, J=2 Hz, 1 H), 8.20 (d, J=2 Hz, 1 H); MS m/z 262 M+1).

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