Ethyl Acetate → 4-Azidopyridine-3-carbaldehyde

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Sodium azide (1.07 g, 16.5 mmol) was added to a mixture of 4-chloro-3-formylpyridine (2.22 g, 15.7 mmol) in DMF (15 mL) and the reaction mixture was stirred for 18 hours. Ethyl acetate was added and the organic layers were washed with water and brine. The combined organic phases were dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by silica gel flash chromatography (0-60% ethyl acetate in cyclohexane) to afford the title compound as a white solid (2.02 g, 87% yield). 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): δ 10.35 (s, 1H), 8.99 (s, 1H), 8.72 (d, J=5.6 Hz, 1H), 7.20 (d, J=5.6 Hz, 1H).

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