Sodium Hydroxide → 6-[2-Fluoro-4-(methylsulfonyl)phenyl]-3-pyridinol

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A mixture of 6-(4-bromo-2-fluorophenyl)-3-pyridinol (0.245 g, 0.91 mmol), methanesulfinic acid sodium salt (0.47 g, 80%, 3.66 mmol), Cul (0.70 g, 3.66 mmol) and NaOH (44 mg, 1.10 mmol) in DMSO (20 mL) was degassed with N2 three times and heated at 120° C. overnight. After the mixture was cooled to ambient temperature, 1N HCl was added to adjust the aqueous pH to about 8. The mixture was extracted with EtOAc. The combined organic extract was washed with water and brine, dried over Na2SO4, filtered, and the filtrate was concentrated to give the crude product as a light brown viscous oil. The crude product was purified by chromatography on a silica gel column eluted with 2:4:0.1 EtOAc/CH2Cl2/MeOH to give 0.166 g (68%) of 6-[2-fluoro-4-(methylsulfonyl)phenyl]-3-pyridinol as a white solid. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CD3OD): δ 8.26 (d, 1H, J=2.7 Hz), 8.15-8.05 (m, 1H), 7.90-7.75 (m, 2H), 7.74 (dd, 1H, Ja=8.6 Hz, Jb=2.1 Hz), 7.32 (dd, 1H, Ja=8.6 Hz, Jb=2.8 Hz), 3.18 (s, 3H); LRMS (ESI), m/z 268 (M+H).

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