tert-Butoxy bis(dimethylamino)methane → 6-Fluoropyridine-2-carboxaldehyde

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Reaction Steps

2-Fluoro-6-methylpyridine (14.4 g, 0.13 mol) and tert-butoxybis(dimethylamino)methane (Bredereck's reagent; 34.9 g, 0.20 mol) are heated at 140° C. for 24 h. The reaction is cooled and diluted with THF (100 mL). Sodium periodate (75 g) in water (400 mL) is added at 0-5° C., and the reaction mixture is then stirred for 24 h at room temperature. The precipitate is filtered through celite, and the filtrate extracted 5× with diethyl ether. The combined ether layers are washed with water, brine, and dried (MgSO4). Most of the solvent is removed by concentration at 0° C. (by keeping ice in the bath) to provide 2-Fluoropyridine-6-carboxaldehyde.

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