2-Bromopyridine is an aryl bromide and isomer of bromopyridine with the formula BrC5H4N.

It is a colorless liquid that is used as an intermediate in organic synthesis.

[1] 2-Bromopyridine reacts with butyllithium to give 2-lithiopyridine,[2] which is a versatile reagent.

[3] Pyrithione can be prepared in a two-step synthesis from 2-bromopyridine by oxidation to the N-oxide with a suitable peracid followed by substitution using either sodium dithionite or sodium sulfide with sodium hydroxide to introduce the thiol functional group.

[4] Organometallic addition to benzophenone followed by catalytic hydrogenation is the synthesis of pipradrol.