Methyl Acrylate → Methyl beta-hydroxy-alpha-methylene-2-pyridinepropanoate

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A 250-mL single-neck round-bottomed flask was charged with chloroform (100 mL), picolinaldehyde (10.7 g, 0.10 mol), methyl acrylate (8.60 g, 0.10 mol), and 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane (0.560 g, 5.00 mmol). The reaction mixture stirred at room temperature for 48 h. After this time the reaction was concentrated under reduced pressure and the residue was purified by silica-gel column chromatography eluting with 3:1 petroleum ether/ethyl acetate to afford 127a as a dark yellow oil (11.6 g, 60%). MS-ESI: (M+H)+ 194.2. 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 8.54 (d, J=5.0 Hz, 1H), 7.69-7.66 (m, 1H), 7.42 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 1H), 7.22-7.20 (m, 1H), 6.36 (s, 1H), 5.97 (s, 1H), 5.62 (s, 1H), 4.85 (s, 1H), 3.74 (s, 3H).

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