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Ethyl 3-(3-pyridyl)crotonate (prepared from treating 3-acetylpyridine with ethoxycarbonylmethyltriphenylphosphonium bromide and sodium ethoxide) was hydrogenated in ethanol at 40 p.s.i. with 10% palladium on charcoal catalyst to give ethyl 3-(3-pyridyl)-butyrate, b.p. 74°/0.15 mmHg.