Phosgene → 2,5-Dichloro-3-nitropyridine

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75 g of phosgene are introduced at a temperature of 85°-95° C. over 1 hour into a mixture of 87.5 g of 5-chloro-2-hydroxy-3-nitropyridine in 500 ml of toluene and 3 ml of N,N-dimethylformamide. The reaction mixture is kept for 2 hours under reflux at 85°-95° C. and then allowed to cool to room temperature over a period of 18 hours. The reaction mixture is washed 3 times with water and the organic phase is dried over sodium sulfate and thereafter concentrated by evaporation. The crude product, obtained in the form of a brown oil, is crystallised from 200 ml of n-hexane, giving 67.5 g of 2,5-dichloro-3-nitropyridine (70% of theory) with a melting point of 38°-39° C.

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