Lithium Hydroxide → 6-Oxo-1-phenyl-1,6-dihydropyridine-3-carboxylic acid

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After 750 mg (3.27 mmol) of methyl 6-oxo-1-phenyl-1,6-dihydro-3-pyridinecarboxylate was dissolved in 9 mL of methanol and 3 mL of water, 235 mg (9.81 mmol) of lithium hydroxide was added to the solution. Afterward, the resulting reaction solution was stirred at about 50° C. for about 5 hours. After termination of the reaction was determined by liquid chromatography, the solvent was removed in vacuo, followed by addition of aqueous HCl to titrate a pH of the reaction product to pH 2. After filtration of the resulting solid compound (Actual yield: 470 mg, Percent yield: 67%), the resulting compound was used without purification.

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