Methanol → HCID 117925890, compound

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A mixture of 2.5 g of crude lithium 3-picolinoylpicolinate 16 was dissolved in 40 mL of 1.25 N HCl in methanol and heated in a sealed tube at 85° C. for 2 h. After cooling, the excess solvent and reagent were removed under reduced pressure and the crude material was partitioned between 20 mL of ethyl acetate and 20 mL of saturated aqueous sodium carbonate. The aqueous layer was further extracted with 2×20 mL of ethyl acetate. The combined organic layers were dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure. The crude residue was purified by normal-phase flash chromatography eluting with 50-100% ethyl acetate in hexane over 29 minutes. Like fractions containing product were pooled and concentrated under reduced pressure to give methyl 3-picolinoylpicolinate 7 (240 mg, 0.99 mmol), LCMS: (M+H)+, 243.

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