N-bromobutanimide → 5-Bromo-2-tert-butylpyridin-4-amine

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Procedure analogous to V. Canibano et al., Synthesis 2001, 14, 2175. 18.7 g (105 mmol) of N-bromosuccinimide are added in portions at 40° C. to a vigorously stirred, light-protected solution of 15.0 g (100 mmol) of 2-tertbutyl-4-aminopyridine [39919-69-2] in 500 ml of acetonitrile, and the mixture is stirred for a further 30 h. The solvent is removed in vacuo, the residue is taken up in 500 ml of dichloromethane, washed five times with 500 ml of water each time and once with 300 ml of sat. sodium chloride solution, the organic phase is dried over sodium sulfate, and the solvent is then removed in vacuo. The crude product is recrystallised from cyclohexane. Yield: 17.9 g (78 mmol), 78%. Purity: >95% according to 1H-NMR.

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