Water → 5-Bromo-3-fluoro-1-methylpyridin-2(1H)-one

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A mixture of 5-bromo-3-fluoropyridin-2-ol (1 g, 5.2 mmol), iodomethane (356 mg, 5.7 mmol) and K2CO3 (1.4 g, 10.4 mmol) in DMF (10 mL) was stirred at rt for 12 h. The mixture was treated with water (70 ml) and extracted with EtOAc (3×50 ml). The combined organic extracts were washed with saturated bicarbonate solution (aq), dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated in vacuo to afford the title compound (1 g, 93%) as a white solid which was carried forward without purification. LCMS (M+H)+=207.

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