Hydrochloric Acid → N-Formylmethyl-N-(2-pyridyl)cyclohexanecarboxamide

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A mixture of 1.46 g of N-[(2,2-dimethoxy)ethyl]-N-(2-pyridyl)cyclohexanecarboxamide, 0.05 g of 1,4-hydroquinone, and 25 ml of 2N HCl was stirred at 80° C. for 20 min under nitrogen stream. Afterwards, it was cooled at 0° C., diluted with 50 ml of methylene chloride, and alkalinized to pH=10 with 20% aqueous Na2CO3. The aqueous layer was extracted twice with methylene chloride and the combined organic layers were dried (sodium sulfate) and evaporated to dryness in vacuo affording 0.94 g of the title compound, used without further purification in the next reaction step.

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