Hydrochloric Acid → 3-Bromo-6-methylpyridine-2-carboxylic acid

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To 3-bromo-6-methylpicolinonitrile (4 g, 20.3 mmol) in EtOH (40 mL) in a sealed tube was added aqueous 4M NaOH (15 mL). The reaction was heated at 90° C. for 24 h. Additional aqueous 4M NaOH was added and heating continued at 90° C. for 24 h. The reaction was cooled to rt, acidified to pH=3 with 1N HCl (aq), concentrated and used without further purification in subsequent steps. MS (ESI) mass calcd. for C7H6BrNO2, 216.0; m/z found 218 [M+H]+.

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