Iodine → (4-Iodo-6-trifluoromethylpyridin-3-yl)carbamic acid tert-butyl ester

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A solution of (6-trifluoromethylpyridin-3-yl)carbamic acid tert-butyl ester (0.90 g, 3.43 mmol) and N,N,N′,N′-tetramethylethylenediamine (1.29 mL, 8.55 mmol) in 25 mL of anhydrous diethyl ether was cooled to −78° C. under an argon atmosphere. The resulting mixture was treated dropwise with n-BuLi (2.5 M in hexanes, 3.42 mL, 8.55 mmol) over 5 minutes, and the mixture was allowed to warm to −10° C. After 30 minutes, the mixture was cooled to −78° C. and a solution of I2 (1.14 g, 4.5 mmol) in 5 mL of anhydrous THF was added rapidly. The resulting mixture was warmed to room temperature, stirred for 1 hour, and quenched with 50 mL of water. The organic layer was dried over sodium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated in vacuo. The crude mixture was purified on SiO2 (10% ethyl acetate in dichloromethane) to afford the title compound (150 mg, 11.3% yield).

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