Hydrochloric Acid → 2-Chloro-3-hydroxy-6-iodopyridine

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After dissolving 2-chloro-3-hydroxypyridine (5.00 g, 38.6 mmol) and sodium iodide (5.79 g, 38.6 mmol) in dimethylformamide (70 ml), Chloramine T (10.9 g, 38.6 mmol) was added while cooling on ice, and then the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 1 hour. Upon adding 2N aqueous hydrochloric acid (19.3 ml, 38.6 mmol) after the reaction, the reaction solution was distributed between ethyl acetate and water, the organic layer was washed with water and saturated brine and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, the drying agent was filtered off and the filtrate was distilled off under reduced pressure. The obtained crude product was subjected to silica gel column chromatography (eluent—ethyl acetate:hexane=1:2), and the fraction containing the target substance was concentrated to obtain the title compound (9.00 g, 35.2 mmol, 91%) as colorless crystals.

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