Acetic Anhydride → 3-octyl-6-(4-octyloxyphenyl)-1H-2-pyridone

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2.20 g (5.4 mmol) of 5-octyl-2-(4-octyloxyphenyl)pyridine N-oxide are refluxed in 30 ml of acetic anhydride for 4 hours. The acetic anhydride is then distilled off, and the residue is taken up in 10 ml of 1:1 methylene chloride/methanol, and the mixture is stirred with methanolic potassium hydroxide solution for 1 hour. Washing with water and concentrated ammonium chloride solution, drying over sodium sulfate, filtration, removal of the solvent by distillation and recrystallization from 8:2 n-hexane/ethyl acetate give 1.79 g of 3-octyl-6-(4-octyloxyphenyl)-1H-2-pyridone. ##STR14##

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