Phosphorus oxychloride → 2-Chloro-3-iodo-5-nitropyridine

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A mixture of 3-iodo-5-nitropyridin-2-ol (37.6 mmol, 10 g), POCl3 (86.47 mmol, 7.94 ml) and PCl5 (48.87 mmol, 10.2 g) was heated at 140° C. for 1 h, under argon atmosphere. The crude mixture was poured into a mixture of ice and water and extracted with DCM. The solid residue was purified by chromatography over SiO2 eluting with hexane/dichloromethane mixtures affording 2-chloro-3-iodo-5-nitropyridine (7.32 g, yield 69%) of the expected product.

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