Water → N-Methoxy-6,N-dimethyl-nicotinamide

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N,O-dimethylhydroxylamine hydrochloride (710 mg, 7.28 mmol) was suspended in dichloromethane (50 mL). To this, dimethylaluminum chloride (a 1.04 mol/L solution in hexane, 7.00 mL, 7.28 mmol) was slowly added under a nitrogen atmosphere at 0° C. and the mixture was stirred at the same temperature for 1 hour. To this, methyl 6-methylnicotinate (1.00 g, 6.62 mmol) was added, and (7.00 mg, 1.88 mmol) was added at room temperature. Then, water was added to the reaction mixture, and extraction with dichloromethane was performed, followed by drying over anhydrous sodium sulfate. The solvent was evaporated off under reduced pressure, and the residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (chloroform/methanol=19/1) to give 6-methylnicotinic acid N,O-dimethylhydroxylamide (737 mg, yield: 62%).

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