Hydrogen Peroxide → 6-(4-Formylphenoxy)pyridine-3-carboxamide

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Reaction Steps

Combine 6-(4-Formyl-phenoxy)-nicotinonitrile (3.02 g, 13.5 mmol), powdered K2CO3 (0.93 g, 6.7 mmol), and DMSO (100 mL) in a RB flask and add H2O2, 30% wt. Aq (4.05 mL, 13.5 mmol) by dropwise addition at 0° C. Stir the reaction mixture for 3 hours allowing it to come to room temperature then quench the reaction slowly at 0° C. with water. Extract the product out of the water layer with ethyl acetate several times and then wash with brine. Dry over Na2SO4 and concentrate under reduced pressure to give 2.78 g (95% yield) of the title compound: 1H NMR (500 MHz, DMSO); 7.2 (1H, d), 7.3-7.4 (2H, m), 7.5 (1H, br s), 7.9-8.0 (2H, m), 8.1 (1H, br s), 8.3 (1H, d), 8.7 (1H, s), 10.0 (1H, s); MS m/z 243 (M+1).

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