Acetic Acid → 6-(Difluoromethoxy)pyridin-3-amine

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To 2-(difluoromethoxy)-5-nitropyridine (4.7 g, 24.7 mmol) in degassed methanol (100 mL) was added 10% palladium on carbon (500 mg, 0.47 mmol) and the reaction was hydrogenated at atmospheric pressure for 1 hour. To this was added acetic acid (2.83 mL, 49.4 mmol) and the reaction was filtered through Celite and concentrated in vacuo to afford 6-(difluoromethoxy)pyridin-3-amine (6.33 g, 25.9 mmol, 105% yield) as an olive green liquid. 1H NMR (400 MHz, MeOD-d4) δ ppm 7.60 (d, J=2.76 Hz, 1 H), 7.37 (s, 0.5 H), 7.15 (dd, J=8.66, 2.89 Hz, 1 H), 7.00 (s, 0.5H), 6.71 (d, J=8.78 Hz, 1 H).

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