Water → 2,5-Dichloro-6-methoxy-4-methylnicotinonitrile

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To a slurry of 2,5,6-trichloro-4-methyl-nicotinonitrile (11.0 g, 49.67 mmol, Tetrahedron, 1977, 33, 113-117) in MeOH (125 ml) is added sodium methoxide solution (25% wt. in MeOH)(11.92 ml, 52.15 mmol). The reaction mixture is stirred at 0° C. for 30 minutes, then room temperature for 1 hour. The reaction is quenched by the addition of water (300 ml) and a thick, white precipitate is formed. An additional 200 ml of water is added and the mixture is stirred at 0° C. for 10 minutes. The precipitate is collected by filtration and dried (vacuum oven for 16 hours at 60° C.) to give the title compound as an off-white solid (10.05 g, 93%). Mass (m/z): 217.0 (M++1).

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