3-Bromopyridine is an aryl bromide and isomer of bromopyridine with the formula C5H4BrN. It is a colorless liquid that is mainly used as a building block in organic synthesis.

It participates as a substrate in many reactions associated with aryl halides, e.g., the Heck reaction and Buchwald–Hartwig amination.

Applications Known uses of 3-bromopyridine include the synthesis of the following: pirmenol, rivanicline, MTEP, preclamol, metyrapone, biricodar, etc. References