Iodination of 2-amino-3-nitropyridine (I) using a combination of iodine and periodic acid yields 2-amino-5-iodo-3-nitropyridine (II). Sandmeyer reaction of aminopyridine (II) with sodium nitrite in concentrated HCl containing CuCl affords the chloro pyridine (III). The nitro group of (III) is then reduced to amine (IV) employing iron in ethanolic HCl. Palladium acetate-catalyzed addition of iodopyridine (IV) to N-Boc-7-azabicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-ene (V) gives rise to the exo-adduct (VI). Finally, acidic cleavage of the Boc group of (VI) furnishes the title compound.