1,2-Dichloroethane → 2-Chloro-3-methyl-5-nitropyridine

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A 350 ml three-necked round-bottomed flask equipped with a magnetic bar, a thermometer, a dropping funnel and a reflux condenser is charged with 3-methyl-5-nitro-pyridin-2-ol (23.1 g), and 1,2-dichloroethane (150 ml). Phosphorous oxide chloride (17 ml) is added dropwise. Into this mixture DMF (11.5 ml) is added dropwise at room temperature. The reaction mixture is heated at 70° C. under stirring for 0.5 hour. After cooling the mixture to ambient temperature, it is concentrated in vacuo at 50° C., to obtain a brown oily gum. Purification of this gum by flash chromatography over silica gel with hexane/ethyl acetate 7:3 (v:v) gives 23.34 g of the compound as a light yellow solid (MP: 40-42° C.).

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