N-bromobutanimide → Methyl 2-amino-5-bromoisonicotinate

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A solution of 2-amino-isonicotinic acid methyl ester (5.58 g, 36.7 mmol) in DMF (56 mL) was cooled to −18° C. (ice/MeOH bath), treated with NBS (7.21 g, 38.5 mmol), and stirred at −18° C. for 1 h. The reaction mixture was diluted in AcOEt (500 mL) and washed with water (2×250 mL). The organic layer was dried over Na2SO4, filtered and evaporated to yield the crude title compound (3.0 g, 13.0 mmol, 35%) as a yellow solid, which was used in the next step without further purification. MS: 231 [M+1]+; HPLC: AtRet=0.70.

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