Sulfuric Acid → N-(5-chloro-2-oxo-1,2-dihydro-pyridin-4-ylmethyl)-acetamide

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Compound N-(2,5-dichloro-pyridin-4-ylmethyl)-acetamide (250 mg, 1.14 mmol) was added to 33% H2SO4 (3 mL) and the mixture heated in a CEM microwave reactor at 200° C. for 30 min. After cooling to room temperature, the reaction mixture was diluted with water (20 mL) and basified with excess concentrated NH4OH. The reaction mixture was then frozen using a dry ice/acetone bath and evaporated to dryness in vacuo overnight in a freeze-dry apparatus. The solids were purified by column chromatography using a 12 g ISCO combi-flash column and dry-loading cartridge (silica gel, 100:0 to 50:50 DCM:DCM/MeOH/NH4OH 6:3:1) to afford N-(5-chloro-2-oxo-1,2-dihydro-pyridin-4-ylmethyl)-acetamide (246 mg, quant.) as an off-white solid. This material was directly in the next step.

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