Sodium Hydroxide → 5-Cyano-6-methoxy-4-methylpicolinic acid

HRID 42493

Reaction equation

HRID 42493 reaction equation
[C:1]([C:3]1[C:4]([CH3:16])=[CH:5][C:6]([C:11]([O:13]CC)=[O:12])=[N:7][C:8]=1[O:9][CH3:10])#[N:2].[OH-].[Na+]>CO.C1COCC1>[C:1]([C:3]1[C:4]([CH3:16])=[CH:5][C:6]([C:11]([OH:13])=[O:12])=[N:7][C:8]=1[O:9][CH3:10])#[N:2]

Participants

5

Reactant 2

HCID 14798Sodium HydroxideHCID 67466404Ethyl 5-cyano-6-methoxy-4-methylpicolinate

Product 1

HCID 674675275-Cyano-6-methoxy-4-methylpicolinic acidYield 87%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 887MethanolSolventHCID 8028TetrahydrofuranSolvent

Conditions

Temperature
60 °C

Procedure

To a stirred solution of ethyl 5-cyano-6-methoxy-4-methylpicolinate (1.0 g, 4.54 mmol) in MeOH (30 mL) and THF (10 mL) was added 6N NaOH (2 mL, 12.00 mmol). The suspension was heated to 60° C. and stirred for 2 hr. (The reaction cleared up right away.) LCMS indicated that the reaction was complete. The reaction was cooled to RT and concentrated to near dryness. The slurry was neutralized with 6N HCl (2 mL) diluted with water, filtered, washed with water and dried under vacuum to give the product 5-cyano-6-methoxy-4-methylpicolinic acid (0.76 g, 3.95 mmol, 87% yield) as a white solid. 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 13.65 (br. s., 1H), 7.73 (s, 1H), 4.03 (s, 3H), 2.54 (s, 3H). MS (ES)+m/e 192.9 [M+H]+.

Workup

  1. temperatureThe reaction was cooled to RT
  2. concentrationconcentrated
  3. additiondiluted with water
  4. filtrationfiltered
  5. washwashed with water
  6. customdried under vacuum

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-5b6fafb1b1ad4d65bff553ca57360e26
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2013_09
Patent number
US08536179B2

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