Diethyl Malonate → Diethyl 2-(6-Methoxy-3-pyridyl)malonate

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Sodium hydride (60%, 36.2 mmoL, 1.45 g) was added into a solution of 5-bromo-2-methoxy-pyridine (16.5 mmoL, 2.13 mL), copper(I) bromide (32.9 mmoL, 4.72 g) and diethyl malonate (32.9 mmoL, 5.0 mL) in 1,4-dioxlane (20 mL) slowly at room temperature. After the addition, the resulting mixture was heated to 100° C. and stirred overnight. The mixture was then passed through a pad of Celite to remove brown solid. The filtrate was then concentrated in vacuo to afford a brown oil, which was then purified by column chromatography using hexanes:ethyl acetate (4:1˜2:1 ratio) as eluent to afford the title compound as a slight yellow oil.

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