Potassium Hydroxide → 2-Methyl-4-(3-nitrophenyl)-6-phenyl-3-pyridinecarboxylic acid

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A mixture of ethyl 2-methyl-4-(3-nitrophenyl)-6-phenyl-3-pyridinecarboxylate (4.6 g), aqueous potassium hydroxide (1.07 g in 200 ml water) and ethanol (92 ml) was refluxed for 6 hours. After allowing to cool to ambient temperature, the reaction mixture was washed with ethyl acetate (150 ml×2). The separated aqueous layer was adjusted to pH 3.0 with 10% hydrochloric acid. To this mixture was added acetic acid (40 ml) and stirred for 30 minutes under ice cooling. The resulting precipitates were collected by filtration, washed with water and dried in vacuo to give 2-methyl-4-(3-nitrophenyl)-6-phenyl-3-pyridinecarboxylic acid (1.98 g).

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