Hydrochloric Acid → 5-Bromo-4-chloro-2-methylpyridine 1-oxide

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5-Bromo-2-methyl-4-nitropyridine oxide (7.0 g, 30 mmol) was refluxed in conc. HCl (80 mL) for 16 hrs. The mixture was allowed to cool to rt, partially concentrated and then neutralized by NaOH (10N) to pH 7. The crude was partitioned between CHCl3 and water. The organic solution was separated, dried and concentrated to yield 5-bromo-4-chloro-2-methylpyridine oxide as a white solid (6.71 g). MS [M+H]+: 223.7; tR=1.91 min. (method 1).

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