5-Bromo-2-nitropyridine (10.0 g, 49 mmol) was used as a starting material to form a suspension with borate (13.7 g, 54 mmol), Pd(OAc)2 (121 mg, 0.54 mmol) and KOAc (14.4 g, 147 mmol) in DMF (180 mL). The reaction mixture was heated to 100 °C and maintained at this temperature for 16 h of reaction. After completion of the reaction, the solvent was removed under vacuum. The remaining residue was mixed with EtOAc (600 mL) and the resulting EtOAc solution was washed sequentially with water (100 mL) and brine (100 mL) and then dried with Na2SO4. After drying, the solution was concentrated to a residue and subsequently mixed with NaBO4-H2O (19.0 g, 125 mmol), THF (180 mL) and H2O (180 mL). The resulting mixture was stirred at room temperature for 16 hours. At the end of the reaction, the aqueous and organic phases were separated and the organic phase was washed with EtOAc (100 mL x 2). The organic solutions were combined and concentrated to give the final 6-nitropyridin-3-ol (1.5 g, 21.8% yield) as a yellow solid.
