Sodium Chloride → 5-Bromo-N,3-dimethylpyridin-2-amine

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To a solution of 5-bromo-3-methylpyridin-2-amine (B-4-1) (3.7 g, 0.02 mol) in THF (50 mL) was added portionwise NaH (0.8 g, 0.02 mol) at 0° C. After the addition, the mixture was stirred at room temperature for about 0.5 hr, and cooled to 0° C. again. Iodomethane (2.8 g, 0.02 mol) was added slowly. The resulting mixture was allowed to rise to room temperature and stirred for 1 hr. TLC (EtOAc: Petroleum ether=1:4) showed that the reaction was complete. Saturated aqueous NaCl (10 mL) and EtOAc (10 mL) were added. The organic layer was concentrated and the residue was purified via a silica gel column eluted with EtOAc/Petroleum ether (1:8) to give 5-bromo-N,3-dimethylpyridin-2-amine (B-4-2) (2.3 g, 57.8%) as a white solid.

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