Triethylamine → Benzoic acid 2,3,6-trifluoro-pyridin-4-ylmethyl ester

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Benzoic acid 3-chloro-2,5,6-trifluoro-pyridin-4-ylmethyl ester (4.52 g, 15 mmol), anhydrous ethanol (50 ml), 10% palladium on carbon (500 mg), and triethylamine (2.5 ml, 18 mmol) were placed into a 500 ml bottle. The mixture was hydrogenated under hydrogen atmosphere (50 psi) for 1.5 hr. The reaction mixture was filtered through celite pad and the pad was washed with ethanol. The combined filtrate was evaporated in vacuo and the residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (eluent, ether:hexane (1:15)) to afford 3.43 g (85%) of benzoic acid 2,3,6-trifluoro-pyridin-4-ylmethyl ester as a white solid. m.p. 73-76° C.; 1H NMR (200 MHz, CDCl3) δ 5.52 (2H, s), 6.95 (1H, m), 7.30-7.70 (3H, m), 8.09-8.15 (2H, m).

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