Trimethyl orthoformate → 2-Bromo-5-chloro-4-(dimethoxymethyl)pyridine

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To a sol. of 2-bromo-5-chloro-pyridine-4-carbaldehyde (43.9 g, 199 mmol) in MeOH (800 mL) were successively added at rt trimethyl orthoformate (65.3 mL, 597 mmol) and p-toluenesulfonic acid monohydrate (1.90 g, 10.0 mmol). This reaction mixture was then heated to reflux for 3 h. The mixture was allowed to cool to rt and was concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was dissolved in CH2Cl2 and this mixture was washed with aq. 10% K2CO3. The org. layer was dried over MgSO4, filtered, and the solvents were removed under reduced pressure. Drying under high vacuum yielded the title compound (51.7 g, 97%). LC-MS: tR=0.92 min; ES+: 309.06.

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