4-Bromo-6-methoxy-[1,5]naphthyridine-3-diazonium tetrafluoroborate → 8-Bromo-7-fluoro-2-methoxy-1,5-naphthyridine

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A suspension of 4-bromo-6-methoxy-[1,5]naphthyridine-3-diazonium tetrafluoroborate (31.42 g, 89.0 mmole) in decalin (mixed isomers, 500 mL) in a 2 L flask* was heated to 180° C. and held at this temperature for 5 min. The mixture was cooled and diluted with CHCl3 (500 mL, to keep the product in solution), and the resulting mixture was stirred vigorously for 30 min to break up a black solid byproduct. The mixture was then poured onto a column of silica gel and the column was eluted with CHCl3 to remove decalin and then with 3% EtOAc/CHCl3 to afford the title compound (9.16 g, 40%).

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