Reaction of N-fluoropyridinium triflate with a base in dichloromethane gave 2-chloropyridine as the major product along with 2-pyridyl triflate and 2-fluoropyridine, regardless of the nature of the base. This base-initiated reaction was also shown to take place similarly in other halogenated alkanes, ethers, a nitrile, aromatics, a ketone, vinyl ethers, alcohols and trimethylsilyl acetate as solvents to give pyridine derivatives substituted with a solvent ...