Sodium Sulfite → 4-Bromo-2,5-dimethylpyridine 1-oxide

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4-Bromo-2,5-dimethylpyridine (500 mg, 2.69 mmol) was added dropwise to a solution of m-chloroperbenzoic acid (816 mg, 3.55 mmol) in dichloromethane (10 mL) at ambient temperature. The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 17 hours, poured into saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate and sodium sulfite (2 mL, 1.0M), and extracted twice into ethyl acetate. The combined organic phases were washed with brine, dried over sodium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated in vacuo to afford a yellow crystalline solid (413 mg) which was used without further purification. LCMS: M+H+=202 & 204.

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