Sodium Chloride → HCID 11679942, compound

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Reaction Steps

Methyl 2-cyano-2-(3,5-dichloropyridin-2-yl)acetate (120 mg, 0.490 mmol) was diluted with DMSO (1 mL) and water (40 uL) followed by the addition of sodium chloride (14.3 mg, 0.245 mmol). The reaction was heated to 130° C. and stirred for 3 hours. The reaction was allowed to cool, loaded onto silica gel and eluted with 5% ethyl acetate/hexanes to 50% ethyl acetate/hexanes to yield the desired compound (70 mg, 0.374 mmol, 76.4% yield).

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