Dimethylformamide → 5-(Benzyloxy)-2-chloropyridine

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6-Chloropyridin-3-ol (30.00 g, 231.6 mmol), 1-(bromomethyl)benzene (43.57 g, 254.7 mmol), and potassium carbonate (80.01 g, 579.0 mmol) were added to DMF (500 mL) and stirred at ambient temperature overnight. Water was added and extracted with ether. The organic phase was washed with 1M NaOH, dried, filtered, and concentrated to provide the title compound (50.8 g, 99.86% yield).

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