Chloroform → 3,5-Dimethyl-4-(2,2,3,3,3-pentafluoropropoxy)pyridine-1-oxide

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To a solution of 3,5-dimethyl-4-nitropyridine-1-oxide (2.0 g) in 2,2,3,3,3-pentafluoropropanol (10 g) was added at 0° C. little by little potassium t-butoxide (2 g) over 15 minutes. The mixture was stirred at 60° C. for 18 hours. To the reaction mixture was added chloroform, which was subjected to filtration with celite. The filtrate was chromatographed on a column of silica gel (80 g), eluted with ethyl acetate-hexane (1:1), then with 20% methanol-ethyl acetate, and recrystallized from ether-hexane to yield 2.6 g of 3,5-dimethyl-4-(2,2,3,3,3-pentafluoropropoxy)pyridine-1-oxide as crystals, m.p. 89°-91° C.

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