Potassium Carbonate → 2-Ethynyl-5-fluoropyridine

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To a mixture of 5-fluoro-2-formylpyridine (1.10 g, 9.0 mmol) in MeOH (38 mL) was added potassium carbonate (2.44 g, 0.018 mol) followed by a solution of (1-diazo-2-oxo-propyl)-phosphonic acid dimethyl ester (2.03 g, 11 mmol) in MeOH (12 mL). The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 90 min, then extracted with diethylether. The organic layers were then washed with sodium hydrogen carbonate solution (1 M) and brine, dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and evaporated at to give the title compound (1.01 g, 78%) as a light brown liquid. MS: m/e=121.0 [M]+.

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