3-Aminopyridine → (5-Fluoro-2-nitrophenyl)pyridin-3-ylamine

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LiHMDS (1.0M in THF, 12.6 mL, 12.6 mmol) was added dropwise to a stirred solution of pyridin-3-ylamine (621 mg, 6.60 mmol) in anhydrous THF (10 mL) under a nitrogen atmosphere at −78° C. After 45 min stirring at −78° C., a solution of 2,4-difluoro-1-nitrobenzene (690 μL, 6.29 mmol) in THF (10 mL) was added and stirring continued for 1 h. The solution was poured into an aqueous solution of NH4Cl (100 mL) and extracted with EtOAc (×3). The combined organic fractions were washed with water, followed by brine, dried (Na2SO4) and concentrated in vacuo. The resulting residue was triturated with EtOAc to afford the title compound as a dark orange solid (638 mg). The mother liquours were concentrated under reduced pressure to afford the title compound as a dark orange solid (648 mg, 87% for the combined batches). 1H NMR (CDCl3, 400 MHz): δ 9.60 (1H, br s), 8.63 (1H, s), 8.56 (1H, d, J=4.76 Hz), 8.35-8.27 (1H, m), 7.65 (1H, d, J=8.20 Hz), 7.45-7.38 (1H, m), 6.75 (1H, d, J=11.14 Hz), 6.57 (1H, t, J=8.24 Hz)

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