Iodine → (4-Iodo-pyridin-3-YL)-carbamic acid tert-butyl ester

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N-Butyllithium (1.6M hexane solution 400 mL, 0.64 mol) was added to a solution of tert-butyl N-(3-pyridyl)carbamate (51.8 g, 0.27 mol) and tetramethylethylenediamine (96.6 mL, 0.64 ml) in diethyl ether (1.5 L) at −78° C., followed by stirring at −20° C. for 2.5 hr. After cooling to −78° C. again, a solution of iodine (94.8 g, 0.37 mol) in diethyl ether (200 mL) was added and stirred for one day while raising a temperature to room temperature. Water was added, extracted with diethyl ether, and the organic layer was washed with hypo-water and brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and evaporated. The resulting crystals were washed with hexane, to give the title compound (53.0 g) as white crystals.

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