2,4-Dichloropyridine → 4-(2-Chloropyridin-4-yloxy)-2-fluorobenzenamine

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A suspension of 3-fluoro-4-aminophenol (8.0 g, 63.0 mmol) in dimethylacetamide (80 mL) was de-gassed in vacuo and treated with potassium tert-butoxide (7.3 g, 65 mmol). The resultant mixture was stirred at RT for 30 min. 2,4-Dichloropyridine (8 g, 54 mmol) was added and the mixture was heated to 80° C. for 12 h. The solvent was removed under reduced pressure to give a residue which was partitioned between water and EtOAc (3×100 mL). The organic layers were washed with saturated brine, dried (MgSO4), concentrated in vacuo and purified by silica gel column chromatography to give 4-(2-chloropyridin-4-yloxy)-2-fluorobenzenamine (11 g, 86% yield). 1H NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6): δ 8.24 (d, J=5.7 Hz, 1H), 7.00 (dd, J=9.0, 2.7 Hz, 1H), 6.89-6.73 (m, 4H), 5.21 (br s, 2H); MS (ESI) m/z: 239.2 (M+H+).

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