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Methyl 6-fluoropyridine-2-carboxylate

CAS Number 455-71-0

Chemistry Building Blocks, Fluorinated Building Blocks, Materials, Monomers

Product Code B2941-1g
Price $111 ex. VAT

A fluorinated picolinate building block

Serves as a synthesis intermediate for APIs, metal-chelating ligands and catalysts


Specifications | MSDS | Literature and Reviews


Methyl 6-fluoropyridine-2-carboxylate (CAS number 455-71-0, also known as methyl 6-fluoropicolinate, is a pyridine derivative with a methyl carboxylate at 2-position and a fluoride at 6-position. Methyl 6-fluoropyridine-2-carboxylate is readily used to functionalise molecular scaffolds for synthesising active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), through nucleophilic aromatic substitution on the fluoride group. A selective antagonist of BCL-XL for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia treatment is synthesised from methyl 6-fluoropyridine-2-carboxylate, showing a potency of 14 nM.

Once methyl 6-fluoropyridine-2-carboxylate is hydrolysed, it becomes a bidentate chelating agent. A Ru-fluoropyridine-2-carboxylate complex shows cytotoxicity of 27.5 µM in antitumour activity. Hydrolysed methyl 6-fluoropyridine-2-carboxylate is also employed as a ligand in palladium-catalysed C-H acetoxylation of arenes.

Multiple functional groups

Multiple functional groups

For facile synthesis

Fluorinated building block

Fluorinated pyridine building block

For drug discovery, medicinal chemistry and biochemistry research

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High purity

High purity

>98% High purity

General Information


CAS Number 455-71-0
Chemical Formula C7H6FNO2
Full Name Methyl 6-fluoro-2-pyridinecarboxylate
Molecular Weight 155.13 g/mol
Synonyms Methyl 6-fluoropicolinate, 6-Fluoro-2-pyridinecarboxylic acid methyl ester
Classification / Family Fluorinated building blocks, Pyridine building blocks, Ligands, Catalysts, APIs

Chemical Structure


Methyl 6-fluoropyridine-2-carboxylate chemical structure, CAS 455-71-0.
Methyl 6-fluoropyridine-2-carboxylate chemical structure, CAS 455-71-0

Product Details


Purity 98%
Melting Point Tm = 51 °C – 55 °C
Appearance Off-white crystals

MSDS Documentation


Methyl 6-fluoropyridine-2-carboxylateMethyl 6-fluoropyridine-2-carboxylate MSDS Sheet

Literature and Reviews


  1. Ligand-promoted palladium-catalyzed C-H acetoxylation of simple arenes, C. Valderas et al., ChemCatChem, 8, 3213(2016); DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201600757.
  2. Mono- and binuclear Ru(II) arene complexes with (fluoro substituted) picolinic acid: Synthesis, characterization and cytotoxicity, S. Nikolić et al., J. Organomet. Chem., 902, 120966(2019); DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2019.120966.
  3. Structure-guided rescaffolding of selective antagonists of BCL-XL, ACS Med. Chem. Lett., 5, 662–667(2014); DOI: 10.1021/ml500030p.
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