Pyridine-2-carbonyl chloride → 3-(Picolinoyloxy)4-(p-toluyloxy)phenyl isopropylaminomethyl ketone

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Following a procedure similar to that described above in Example 2A, when 3-hydroxy-4-(p-toluyloxy)phenyl isopropylaminomethyl ketone is interacted with one equivalent of sodium methoxide and the resulting sodium phenolate salt is reacted with picolinoyl chloride, there is obtained 3-(picolinoyloxy)4-(p-toluyloxy)phenyl isopropylaminomethyl ketone; and by interaction of this base with hydrochloric acid there is obtained the hydrochloride salt. When this hydrochloride is catalytically hydrogenated, using a procedure similar to that described above in Example 2B, there is obtained 3-(picolinoyloxy)-4-(p-toluyloxy)-alpha-(isopropylaminomethyl)benzyl alcohol hydrochloride.

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