Sodium Hydroxide → 3-Bromo-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyridin-2-amine

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To a solution of 2-amino-5-trifluoromethylpyridine (9 g) in acetic acid (75 mL) at r.t. was added bromine (5.8 mL) slowly. After 1 h, the acid was neutralized by the careful addition of sodium hydroxide (10 N) at 0° C. The resulting orange precipitate was dissolved in ether and washed successively with saturated potassium carbonate, saturated Na2SO3 and brine, dried and concentrated. The residual solid was stirred vigorously in hexane for 1 h to provide, after filtration, the title compound as a white solid (10.2 g).

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