Methyl iodide → (6-Bromo-2-nitro-pyridin-3-yl)-methyl-carbamic acid tert-butyl ester

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To a stirred solution of (6-bromo-2-nitro-pyridin-3-yl)-carbamic acid tert-butyl ester (6) (290 mg, 0.91 mmol) in DMF (10 mL), NaH (57 mg, 1.36 mmol, 57% dispersion in oil) was added at 0° C. After stirring for 15 minutes, methyl iodide (79 μL, 1.27 mmol) was added and the reaction mixture was stirred for 1 hour. The reaction mixture was then quenched with saturated ammonium chloride solution (15 mL) and extracted with ethyl acetate (2×40 mL). The combined organic extracts were washed with water, brine, dried over MgSO4, and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by flash column chromatography using 20% ethyl acetate in hexane to give compound (7) (268 mg) as a pale yellow solid.

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