Cyclohexylamine → 2-Cyclohexylamino-5-nitropyridine

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Sodium hydride (60% dispersion in mineral oil, 1.99 g, 49.8 mmol) was washed 3× with hexanes then a solution of cyclohexylamine (3.8 mL, 33.2 mmol) dissolved in tetrahydrofuran (50 mL) was added. After stirring for 30 minutes at 22° C., 2-chloro-5-nitropyridine (5.00 g, 31.5 mmol) was added and the reaction mixture was heated to reflux for 3 hours. The solution was cooled to ambient temperature, quenched with saturated aqueous NH4Cl and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was redissolved in ethyl acetate then washed 2× with saturated NaHCO3, saturated NaCl, dried over anhydrous Na2SO4 and concentrated in vacuo. The product was recovered as a brown oil.

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