5-Bromonicotinamide → 5-Bromonicotinonitrile

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5-Bromo-3-pyridinylcarboxamide (10 g, 49.7 mmol) in phosphorus oxychloride (25 mL) was warmed to reflux for 18 h, allowed to cool to 25° C., concentrated in vacuo and carefully treated with satd. aqueous sodium bicarbonate (˜500 mL) until neutralized. The reaction mixture was diluted with CH2Cl2 (200 mL), stirred for 4 h, and the layers were separated. The aqueous layer was washed with CH2Cl2 (2×100 mL), and the organic layers were combined and dried (MgSO4). The resulting solution was concentrated in vacuo to afford the title compound (6.35 g, 70%) as a white solid. MS 184 (M+H)+.

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