Potassium Carbonate → 1-(4-Pyridinyl)-5-methyl-2-pyridone

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Compound 22 was synthesized by condensation of 5-methyl-2(1H)-pyridone (327.4 mg, 3 mmol) with 4-bromopyridine hydrochloride (778 mg, 4 mmol) in the presence of CuI (60 mg, 0.3 mmol) and K2CO3 (1.36 g, 10 mmol) in DMF (3 ml) at 135° C. overnight. The reaction mixture was diluted with 10% ammonia (15 ml) and extracted with ethyl acetate. Organic extract was washed with saturated sodium chloride, dried over magnesium sulfate and evaporated. Column chromatography (5% MeOH-DCM) afforded 197 mg (35%) of the target compound as a yellowish solid. The 1H NMR spectra was consistent with the structure of Compound 22.

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