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Various bromopyridines were converted to the corresponding pyridylmagnesium
chlorides at room temperature by treatment with iPrMgCl. The resulting Gri
gnard reagents were quenched by various electrophiles to afford functionali
ze pyridines. The bromine-magnesium exchange of some dibromopyridines,vas a
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