Phosphorus oxychloride → 8-Chloro-5-fluoro-1,7-naphthyridine-3-carbonitrile

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A pressure bottle was charged with 5-fluoro-6-methoxy-8-oxo-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-1,7-naphthyridine-3-carbonitrile (step 3, 2.27 g, 10.26 mmol), acetonitrile (41 ml) and phosphorus oxychloride (Aldrich, 3.35 ml, 35.9 mmol). The bottle was sealed and the reaction mixture was heated to 75° C. overnight. The reaction mixture was concentrated and the crude material was purified by silica gel chromatography (gradient 0-20% (10 MeOH in DCM)/DCM to afford the title compound (1.2 g, 5.78 mmol, 56.3% yield) as a white solid. MS m/z=208 [M+H]+. Calculated for C9H3ClFN3: 207.0

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