3-Bromotoluene → HCID 11053930, compound

Participants

Reaction Steps

Magnesium (4.82 g, 200 mmol) was added to a tetrahydrofuran (300 ml) solution of 3-bromotoluene (35.1 g, 200 mmol), and the mixture was stirred at room temperature. Since spontaneous exothermic reaction occurred, the stirring was continued until the exothermicity was ceased. The reaction solution was cooled to -40° C., mixed with 2-chloro-6-methylnicotinic acid (11.6 g, 68 mmol) and then stirred for 16 hours at room temperature. The reaction solution was mixed with saturated ammonium chloride aqueous solution and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, magnesium sulfate was removed by filtration and then the filtrate was concentrated under a reduced pressure. Thereafter, the resulting residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (hexane-ethyl acetate) to give 2-chloro-6-methyl-3-(3-methylbenzoyl)pyridine (8.70 g, 52%) as a pale yellow oily material.

Provenance & Evidence