Compound: 2-Bromo-5-formylpyridine
CAS#: 149806-06-4
MDL#: MFCD04115419
Background: 2-Bromo-5-formylpyridine is a highly functionalized pyridine building block whose bromine atom serves as a handle for palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions such as Suzuki, Stille, and Heck couplings. Its aldehyde group readily undergoes nucleophilic addition, reduction, oxidation, or condensation to imines and oximes, and the compound is also used in Wittig reactions, providing versatile pathways for pharmaceutical and agrochemical synthesis.