Sodium Chloride → 1-(2,6-Dimethyl-4-nitrophenyl)-3-methoxypyridin-2(1H)-one

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At 0° C., 452 mg (4.03 mmol) of potassium tert-butoxide are added to 336 mg (2.69 mmol) of 3-methoxypyridinone in 10 ml of DMF, and the mixture is stirred at room temperature for 30 min. 500 mg (2.96 mmol) of 1-fluoro-2,5-dimethyl-4-nitrobenzene are added, and the mixture is stirred at 80° C. After 22 h, the mixture is heated at 120° C. and stirred for a further 20 h. The mixture is then cooled and added to 100 ml of water and 15 ml of saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution. The mixture is extracted three times with in each case 300 ml of ethyl acetate, and the combined organic phases are dried over sodium sulphate. After filtration, the solvents are removed under reduced pressure and the residue is purified by chromatography on silica gel (cyclohexane/ethyl acetate 1:1). This gives 383 mg (52% of theory) of the desired compound.

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