Thionyl Chloride → HCID 67358175, compound

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To a solution of (3,5-difluoropyridin-2-yl)methanol (Almedia et al., WO 08/117,050) (2.15 g, 14.8 mmol) in dichloromethane (20 mL) at 0° C. was added N,N-dimethylformamide (2 drops) and thionyl chloride (2.0 mL, 27 mmol). The solution was stirred at ambient temperature for 1 h and concentrated in vacuo to afford 2-(chloromethyl)-3,5-difluoropyridine hydrochloride (2.31 g, 78%) as a brown oil: Rf=0.71 (EtOAc/Hexanes, 1/1).

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