Hydrochloric Acid → N-(6-Bromopyridin-2-yl)-2,2-dimethylpropanamide

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Trimethylacetyl chloride (180.9 g, 1.500 mols) was added over 1 h to a mixture of 2-amino-6-bromo-pyridine (264.7 g, 1.530 mols), triethylamine (166.7 g, 1.650 mols) and toluene (1 L, KF=2 mg moisture/L) maintaining the temperature below 50° C. The mixture was aged at 25° C. for 42 h. A solution of 1M aqueous HCl (500 mL) was added and the biphasic mixture was filtered (after agitation for 5 min) through a pad of solka floc (10 g) which was washed with toluene (50 mL). The organic phase was separated from the filtrates and was washed with 1M aqueous HCl (2×500 mL), 2% aqueous NaCl (500 mL) and a mixture of saturated aqueous NaCl (250 mL) and saturated aqueous NaHCO3 (25 mL). The organic phase was dried over MgSO4 (10 g), filtered and evaporated to dryness to provide 380.7 g of crude title compound, which was diluted with toluene to give 1480.8 g of crude solution.

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