Triethylamine → 3-Bromopyridine-2-carbonitrile

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3-Bromo-pyridine 1-oxide (9.4 g, 54 mmol) is dissolved in acetonitrile (60 mL) and triethylamine (15 mL) is added followed by trimethylsilyl cyanide (21.7 mL, 163 mmol). The mixture is heated to 100° C. and stirred for 16 h. The mixture is cooled to 0° C., poured into 250 mL of 5 M aqueous NaOH, and extracted with dichloromethane. The combined extracts are washed with brine, dried over MgSO4, filtered, and concentrated under reduced pressure. The resulting material is purified using flash chromatography (Biotage® Si65M, 20% ethyl acetate/hexane) to yield 7.8 g (79%) of the title compound as a yellow solid. GCMS m/e 182, 184 [M]−.

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