Dimethylformamide → 4-Chloro-5-fluoropyridine-3-carbaldehyde

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To a solution of diisopropylamine (6.4 mL, 45.6 mmol) in THF (50 mL) at −30° C. was added n-butyllithium (2.5 M in hexanes, 18.2 mL, 45.6 mmol) over 15 minutes and the resulting mixture stirred for 15 minutes then cooled to −78° C. A solution of 4-chloro-3-fluoro-pyridine (5.0 g, 38.0 mmol) in THF (10 mL) was added dropwise over 15 minutes then the resulting mixture was stirred at −78° C. for 18 hours. DMF (3.5 mL, 45.6 mmol) was added and the reaction was warmed to room temperature. The mixture was quenched with ammonium chloride (sat. aq., 300 mL) and extracted with ethyl acetate (3×100 mL). The combined organic extracts were dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrated to dryness under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by silica gel flash chromatography (0-40% ethyl acetate in cyclohexane) to afford the title compound as a pale orange solid (5.1 g, 84% yield). 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): δ 10.47 (s, 1H), 8.88 (s, 1H), 8.70 (s, 1H).

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