Acetic Anhydride → N-(2-Methylpyridin-3-yl)acetamide

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Acetic Acid Anhydride (17.9 mmol; 1.7 mL) was added to 3-Amino-2-picoline (17.0 mmol; 1.8 g) in dichloromethane (10 mL) and diisopropylethylamine (17.9 mmol; 3.1 mL) at 25° C. under argon. The reaction aged 30 min at 25° C. then was diluted with dichloromethane and extracted with water and brine. The aqueous layer was extracted with dichloromethane and ether then the combined organics were dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated in vacuo. The resulting yellow oil was purified by chromatography (0% to 66% ethyl acetate in hexane) to afford the title compound.

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