Methyl iodide → N-(5-Bromo-2-methoxy-pyridin-3-yl)-N-methyl-acetamide

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To N-(5-bromo-2-methoxy-pyridin-3-yl)-acetamide (Stage 62.1.3, 100 mg, 0.408 mmol) DMF (1 ml) was added NaH 55% in oil (19.6 mg, 0.45 mmol). The reaction mixture was stirred for 10 min at rt then was added MeI (0.031 ml, 0.49 mmol). The reaction mixture was stirred for 1 h at rt then quenched with brine and extracted with EtOAc (2×). The organic layers are washed with brine (3×), dried over Na2SO4, filtered and evaporated. The crude product was purified by Prep.HPLC. The fractions containing the product were collected together and basified with NaHCO3, before being concentrated and extracted with EtOAc (3×). The organic layers were dried over Na2SO4, filtered and evaporated to dryness to give the title compound as an off-white solid (HPLC: tR 2.75 min (Method A); M+H=259, 261 MS-ES).

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