Benzyl Alcohol → 3-benzyloxycarbonylamino-6-methyl-2-pyridinone

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DPPA (35.6 ml, 165 mmol) was added to a stirred solution of 2-hydroxy-6-methylpyridine-3-carboxylic acid (22.97 g, 165 mmol) and triethylamine (23.0 ml, 165 mmol) in dry dioxane (300 ml) and the resulting solution was heated to reflux. After 16 h more triethylamine (23.0 ml, 165 mmol) and benzyl alcohol (17.1 ml, 150 mmol) were added and the solution was refluxed for a further 24 h. The reaction was concentrated in vacuo to remove most of the volatiles. The residue was partitioned between methylene chloride (500 ml) and brine (500 ml), acidified to pH 1 with 1M HCl (165 ml). The aqueous layer was extracted with methylene chloride (2 times) and the combined organic layers were washed with sodium hydrogen carbonate solution and brine, dried (Na2SO4) and evaporated in vacuo to a brown solid. This was recrystallized from methanol, to give the title compound (22.70 g, 59%) as a tan solid:

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