2-Chloro-3-pyridinecarboxaldehyde → 2-((4-Chlorophenyl)sulfonyl)nicotinaldehyde

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2-Chloro-3-pyridinecarboxaldehyde (5.0 g, 35.0 mmol) and 4-chlorobenzenesulfinic acid sodium salt (7.75 g, 38.8 mmol) were dissolved in DMSO (120 ml) and the mixture was heated at 100° C. for 72 h under nitrogen. Upon cooling to ambient the mixture was diluted with water (500 ml) and extracted with EtOAc (3×). The combined organics were washed with water, brine, dried (MgSO4) and evaporated to dryness to afford 8.1 g of crude material. The crude compound was pre-absorbed onto silica and purified by dry pad suction column chromatography, eluting with heptane using an EtOAc gradient, to afford 4.62 g (61%) of the desired product as a white powdery solid (MP=100.5-101° C.; IR=1698 cm−1; HPLC=8.00 min>99%).

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