Nitric Acid → 6-Methyl-2-nitropyridin-3-ol

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To 40 ml. of ice cold concentrated sulfuric acid was added 10.9 g. of 3-hydroxy-6-methylpyridine. Maintaining the temperature at 6° C., 4.7 ml. of fuming nitric acid was added dropwise with stirring. The mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature overnight. Ice (200 g.) was added with stirring. After the ice had melted, the precipitate was collected, washed with water and dried to give 3-hydroxy-6-methyl-2-nitropyridine, m.p. 103°-105° C.

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