Sodium Hydroxide → 2-Bromo-6-methoxypyridin-3-amine

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A stirred mixture of 2-methoxy-5-aminopyridine (10 g, 0.081 mol, 1.0 equiv) and sodium acetate (6.6 g, 0.081 mol, 1.0 equiv) in 60 mL of acetic acid was treated dropwise with bromine (12.9 g, 0.081 mol, 1.0 equiv). After 20 minutes, the reaction mixture was poured into 1000 mL of 10% aqueous sodium hydroxide solution and extracted with three 250 mL portions of ethyl acetate. The combined organic layers were dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered, and evaporated to dryness. Chromatography on SiO2 (20% hexanes in dichloromethane) gave 5-amino-6-bromo-2-methoxypyridine (6.5 g, 40% yield) as a purple solid.

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