2-Aminopyridine → (2-Bromo-3-fluoro-6-nitro-phenyl)-pyridin-2-yl-amine

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Potassium tert-butoxide (2.82 g, 25.2 mmol) was added to a solution of 2-aminopyridine (1.25 g, 13.2 mmol) in THF (40 mL) at 0° C. and the reaction mixture stirred at 0° C. for 30 min. 2-Bromo-1,3-difluoro-4-nitrobenzene (3 g, 12.6 mmol) was added as a solution in THF (10 mL) and the reaction mixture stirred at 0° C. for 2 h. The reaction mixture was diluted with water and the product extracted with EtOAc (3×40 mL). The combined organic extracts were washed with brine, dried (MgSO4) and concentrated in vacuo. The resultant residue was subjected to flash chromatography (SiO2, eluting with 0-100% EtOAc in cyclohexane) to yield the title compound as a yellow solid (2.38 g, 60%). 1H NMR 400 MHz δ (CDCl3): 8.16 (1H, ddd, J=5.1, 2.0, 1.0 Hz), 8.08 (1H, dd, J=9.3, 5.6 Hz), 7.82 (1H, br s), 7.62 (1H, ddd, J=8.1, 7.3, 1.8 Hz), 6.99 (1H, dd, J=9.2, 7.1 Hz), 6.91 (1H, ddd, J=7.3, 5.0, 1 Hz), 6.82 (1H, dt, J=8.3, 1.0 Hz).

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