Water → N-[3-Bromo-6-(methyloxy)-2-pyridinyl]-2,2-dimethylpropanamide

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A solution of 2,2-dimethyl-N-[6-(methyloxy)-2-pyridinyl]propanamide (55.011 g, 264.467 mmol) in THF (450 ml) in a three necked 1 L flask with an internal thermometer under argon was cooled to −78° C. and treated with n-butyl lithium (232 ml, 581.847 mmol) over 15 minutes and then allowed to warm to 0° C. and stirred at 0° C. for 7 h. The mixture was then recooled to −78° C. and treated with 1,2-dibromoethane (27.3 ml, 317 mmol) over 10 minutes and then the solution was allowed warm to room temperature and stirred at room temperature for 30 minutes by which time all the solid which had formed dissolved again. Gas was evolved at this stage so a gas bubbler was placed on one of the flasks necks. Water (100 ml) was then carefully added over 10 minutes. Further water (500 ml) was then added and the mixture was extracted with Et2O (3×500 ml). The combined organic solvents were then dried (MgSO4), filtered, evaporated to give the crude product. This was then dissolved in warm EtOAc (100 ml) and allowed to stand in the freezer overnight. The resultant solid which crystallised out was filtered off, washed with ice-cooled Et2O (20 ml) and dried in vacuo to give product as a white solid (45.660 g, 159.011 mmol, 60%). The filtrate was evaporated and the residue was chromatographed (0-25% EtOAc/40-60 petroleum ether) to give recovered starting material (7.264 g, 34.9 mmol), and product as a white solid (8.038 g, 27.99 2 mmol, 10%). The product from recrystallisation and chromatography were identical by NMR and LC-MS and so were combined.

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