Cesium carbonate → 1-(3-Fluoro-5-iodo-pyridin-2-yl)-4,4-dimethyl-imidazolidin-2-one

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2,3-Difluoro-5-iodopyridine (300 mg, 1.24 mmol) was dissolved in 2 ml toluene. (140 mg, 1.24 mmol, 1 equiv.) 4,4-Dimethylimidazolidin-2-one (CAS 24572-33-6) and cesium carbonate (650 mg, 1.99 mmol, 1.6 equiv.) were added and the mixture was heated to 100° C. for 4 hours. The reaction mixture was loaded directly onto a silica gel column and purified by flash chromatography eluting with an ethyl acetate:heptane gradient 0:100 to 100:0. The desired 1-(3-fluoro-5-iodo-pyridin-2-yl)-4,4-dimethyl-imidazolidin-2-one (205 mg, 49% yield) was obtained as a white solid, MS: m/e=336.1 (M+H+).

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