Sodium Azide → (5-Fluoropyridin-2-yl)methanamine

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Dissolve methanesulfonic acid (5-fluoro-pyridin-2-yl)-methyl ester (1.5 g, 7.3 mmol) in DMF (5 mL) and add sodium azide (950 mg, 14.6 mmol). Stir the mixture for 30 min, then dilute with hexane/EtOAc (1:1, 50 mL). Wash the mixture with 10% aqueous NaCl (3×10 mL). Dry the combined organic extracts over Na2SO4 and remove half of the solvent in vacuo. Add EtOAc (20 mL) and a suspension of 10% Pd/C (200 mg) in EtOAc (2 mL). Stir the mixture for 1 h at ambient temperature in a pressurized vessel under 50 psi of hydrogen. Filter the slurry through Celite® and concentrate in vacuo to obtain 2-aminomethyl-5-fluoro-pyridine (613 mg, 60% yield, 80% purity by GC/MS). GC-MS m/z: 126 (M+).

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