Isobutyl mercaptan → 5-Bromo-6-(isobutylthio)picolinic acid

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5-Bromo-6-chloropicolinic acid (2 g, 8.46 mmol; CAN 959958-25-9), 2-methylpropane-1-thiol (915 mg, 1.1 mL, 10.2 mmol) and cesium carbonate (6.89 g, 21.1 mmol) were suspended in DMSO (100 mL). The reaction mixture was heated to 150° C. and stirred for 1 d and was poured onto ice-water/1N HCl (100 mL). The aqueous layer was extracted with EtOAc (2×250 mL). The combined extracts were washed with ice-water/brine (100 mL), dried over Na2SO4 and concentrated in vacuo to give the title compound (2.49 g, 51%) as an orange solid which was used in the next step without further purification. MS (EI): m/e=288.4 [M−H]−.

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