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HRID 520477Generated: October 26, 2026

Potassium Carbonate → Methyl 6-(chloromethyl)pyridine-2-carboxylate

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantPotassium CarbonateHCID 11430—
ReactantThionyl ChlorideHCID 24386—
ReactantMethyl 6-(hydroxymethyl)picolinateHCID 11513809—
SolventDichloromethaneHCID 6344—
ProductMethyl 6-(chloromethyl)pyridine-2-carboxylateHCID 53404482101.4%

Reaction Conditions

Temperature40 °C

Reaction Steps

SOCl2 (57 g, 0.48 mol) was added to a solution of methyl 6-(hydroxymethyl)picolinate 66 (40.0 g, 0.239 mol) (Chem. Eur. J. 2006, 12, 6393-6402) in dichloromethane (500 mL) at room temperature. The mixture was stirred at 40° C. for 1 h and sat. aq K2CO3 was added to adjust the pH to 9. The mixture was extracted with CH2Cl2 and the combined organics were washed with brine, dried (Na2SO4), and concentrated in vacuo to give 67 (45 g).

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS09326986B2
Source datasetuspto-grants-2016_05
ORD IDord-3040965c9beb4b7faa1e882259a44048
Source noteuspto-grants-2016_05