Hydrogen Peroxide → 2-tert-Butyl-1-oxo-1lambda~5~-pyridinato

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2-tert-Butylpyridine (2.00 g, 14.8 mmol, 1 eq.) was dissolved in HOAc (10 mL) and 30% hydrogen peroxide (1.68 mL, 14.8 mmol, 1 eq.) at room temperature then the reaction was refluxed for 20 hours. The reaction was stripped to obtain an amber oil which was dissolved in methylene chloride (10 mL) then dried over sodium sulfate and stripped to obtain 2-tert-butylpyridine-N-oxide (1.60 g) as an amber oil. Yield=71.5%. LCMS detects (M+H)+=152.09.

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