Acetic Acid → 3-Cyano-2-pyridone

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Sodium ethanolate (9.48 mL; 21 weight 0; 1.0 equiv.) was added to a solution of preceding methylene-dimethylamino (see 1.3.) (10 g; 1.0 equiv.) and cyanoacetamide (2.135 g; 1.0 equiv.) in ethanol (100 mL). The mixture was left under agitation 3 hours at ambient temperature. The medium was then neutralised with the dropwise addition of acetic acid and concentrated under reduced pressure. The reaction medium was diluted in ethyl acetate (200 mL) and the organic phase washed with a brine solution (150 mL). The organic phase was dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and the solvents evaporated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified on silica gel (CH2Cl2/AcOEt 8:2) to give the pyridone with a global yield of 57%.

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