Potassium Hydroxide → HCID 21292013, compound

Reaction equation

[CH3:1][N:2]([CH2:4][C:5]1[N:10]=[C:9]([O:11][CH2:12][CH2:13][CH2:14][NH:15]C=O)[CH:8]=[CH:7][CH:6]=1)[CH3:3].[OH-].[K+]>CO.C(OCC)C>[CH3:1][N:2]([CH2:4][C:5]1[N:10]=[C:9]([O:11][CH2:12][CH2:13][CH2:14][NH2:15])[CH:8]=[CH:7][CH:6]=1)[CH3:3]

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Procedure

N-[3-(6-dimethylaminomethyl-2-pyridyloxy) propyl]formamide (2.7 g, 0.013 mol) is added to a solution of 85% potassium hydroxide pellets (3.0 g) dissolved in methanol (30 ml) and heated at gentle reflux for 21 hours. The reaction is cooled, diluted with diethyl ether (30 ml), the precipitated salts filtered, and the solvent removed under vacuum. The residue is dissolved in water and the product exhaustively extracted into ethanol/chloroform, dried and evaporated to give 2.1 g of pure product.