Ethyl acetate hexane → 1-(3-(Methoxymethoxy)-6-neopentylpyridin-2-yl)ethanone

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3-(Methoxymethoxy)-6-neopentylpicolinonitrile (8.3 g, 35 mmol) was dissolved in THF (125 mL). The solution was cooled to 0° C. and methylmagnesium chloride (24 ml, 71 mmol) (3.0 M in Et2O) was added. The reaction mixture stirred for 2 h at rt under N2 then quenched with saturated NH4Cl (50 mL) and extracted with EtOAc (3×50 mL). The organic layer was dried over MgSO4 and evaporated to give the crude product as a yellow oil. Purification of the crude residue by ISCO (40 g SiO2, O-40% EtOAc/Hexane) gave 1-(3-(methoxymethoxy)-6-neopentylpyridin-2-yl)ethanone (3.8 g, 43% yield) as a clear, light orange oil.

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