Sodium Hydroxide → 4,7-Dibromofuro[3,2-c]pyridine

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Combine 7-bromo-5H-furo[3,2-c]pyridin-4-one (16.16 g, 75.5 mmol), dichloroethane (160 mL), and phosphorus oxybromide (100 g, 348.8 mmol) and heat at reflux for about 2 hours. Cool to room temperature and pour the reaction mixture into ice water (1 L). Adjust the pH to 8 with 5N NaOH, extract into dichloromethane, wash with brine, dry over magnesium sulfate, filter, and concentrate. Purification by flash chromatography, eluting with hexane:ethyl acetate gives the title compound as a white solid.

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