Sodium hydride → 2-(4-Fluorophenyl)-2-(3-nitropyridin-2-yl)-1-(pyridin-4-yl)ethanone

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21.5 g (100 mmoles) of 2-(4-fluorophenyl)-1-(pyridine-4-yl)ethanone (prepared as described in scheme 1) and 34.9 g of 2-chloro-3-nitropyridine are dissolved in 270 mL of dimethylformamide. 8.8 g of sodium hydride (60% in oil (220 mmoles) is slowly added to the reaction mixture which is kept between 0 and 5° C. After stirring for 1 hour at room temperature, the reaction mixture is poured into 1 L of ammonium chloride solution and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic phase is washed with water and dried over magnesium sulfate. The oily residue is purified by chromatography on silica gel (ethylacetate/hexane 1/1) to give 26.7 g of 2-(4-Fluoro-phenyl)-2-(3-nitro-pyridin-2-yl)-1-pyridin-4-yl-ethanone.

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