Hydrochloric Acid → 5-(Benzyloxy)-1,4-dihydro-4-oxo-2-pyridinecarboxylic acid, ethyl ester

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A suspension of 5-(benzyloxy)-1,4-dihydro-4-oxo-2-pyridinecarboxylic acid (8.24 g, 33.6 mmole) in 120 ml of ethanol was cooled to 0° C. and treated with a stream of dry HCl for 15 minutes. The resulting mixture was heated at 50° C. for 5.5 hours. The volatiles were removed in vacuo and the residue was treated with water. While cooling, the pH was raised to 7 with saturated potassium bicarbonate and the resulting mixture was extracted with dichloromethane. The extracts were washed with brine and dried over sodium sulfate. Filtration and concentration in vacuo produced 7.32 g of the title compound.

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