Triethylamine → 3-Chloropyridine-2-carbonitrile

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3-Chloropyridine-1-oxide (2.59 g, 20 mmol), trimethylsilyl cyanide (5.95 g, 60 mmol), and triethylamine (4.05 g, 40 mmol) were combined in 40 mL of acetonitrile and reacted as described in example 763A. The solvent was removed in vacuo and the residue partitioned between CH2Cl2 and 3M potassium carbonate. The organic layer was separated, washed with brine, dried (MgSO4), and concentrated in vacuo. Purification of the crude product by silica gel chromatography using 5% ether/CH2Cl2 as the eluent gave compound 775B (1.84 g, 67%) as a white crystalline solid. HPLC: 100% at 1.64 min(YMC S5 ODS column) eluting with 10-90% aqueous methanol containing 0.2% phosphoric acid over a 4 min gradient monitoring at 220 nm. MS (ES): m/z 139.0 [M+H]+.

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