Water → 5-Bromo-2-ethoxy-3-nitropyridine

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A solution of 5-bromo-2-chloro-3-nitropyridine (100 mg, 0.42 mmol) and 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene (315 uL, 2.11 mmol) in ethanol (1 mL) was heated to 50° C. for 50 min and then cooled to rt. Water was added and the resulting aqueous mixture was extracted twice with ethyl acetate. The combined organic extracts were washed with 1 N HCl, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by flash chromatography (gradient, 100% hexanes to 90% hexanes:10% ethyl acetate) to provide 5-bromo-2-ethoxy-3-nitropyridine (52.2 mg, 0.211 mmol, 50% yield) as a yellow oil. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 8.42 (d, 1H), 8.36 (d, 1H), 4.55 (q, 2H), 1.45 (t, 3H); MS (EI) for C7H7BrN2O3: 246, 248 (M).

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