Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 59729933, compound

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Reaction Steps

Combine 6-(4-Formyl-phenoxy)-nicotinic acid ethyl ester (1.5 g, 5.53 mmol), MeOH (5 mL), THF (5 mL), and 5N NaOH (aq) (2 mL). Reflux the reaction 18 hours and then add 1N HCl (aq) (2 mL). After concentrating the reaction on the rotovap, add Ethyl acetate to precipitate out the desired product. Filter and concentrate the ethyl acetate filtrate to afford 1.14 g (85% yield) of the title compound: TLC 1:1 Hexanes:Ethyl acetate Rf:=0.01.

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