Oxalyl chloride → 3-Methoxypyridine-2-carbonyl chloride

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To a stirred suspension of sodium 3-methoxypyridine-2-carboxylate (Intermediate 94, ˜3.3 mmol) in dichloromethane (10 ml) and pyridine (5 ml) at 0 C (ice-bath) was added dropwise oxalyl chloride (0.58 ml, 6.6 mmol). The mixture was stirred 10 minutes, then DMF (1 drop) was added. The mixture was warmed to room temperature and stirred 2 h then concentrated under vacuum. The residue was dissolved in dichloromethane (10 ml) and filtered through a plug of cotton wool. The filtrate was concentrated under vacuum to give the title compound as a brown oil (0.16 g) which was used without further purification or characterisation.

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