B. Haché, J. Duceppe, P. Beaulieu
2002
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Synthesis
Abstract
Bromination of 2-hydroxynicotinic acid is conveniently carried out on a large scale using sodium hypobromite generated from sodium bromide and commercial bleach solution. This procedure safely provides high yields of pure5-bromo-2-hydroxynicotinic acid [5-bromo-3-carboxy-2(1H)-pyridone], without use of hazardous elemental bromine.